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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Staffordshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,828 approved · 1,031 refused · 396 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2011 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
25 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BL
Received 25 Feb 2023The Lindens Penstone Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4XE
Received 27 Feb 2023Pasford Farm Patshull Road Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7DX
Received 27 Feb 2023Croft Cottage School Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HR
Received 27 Feb 2023Croft Cottage School Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HR
Received 27 Feb 2023Clive Farmhouse Clive Road Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7EN
Received 28 Feb 2023The Old School House Church Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EF
Received 28 Feb 202344 Rennison Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HW
Received 24 Feb 2023The Manor House Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BD
Received 27 Feb 2023Lydiates House Beacon Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 5NH
Received 27 Feb 202324 Moatbrook Avenue Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1DH
Received 28 Feb 2023Wombourne Leisure Centre Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8BH
Received 28 Feb 202335 Greenhill Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9PL
Received 28 Feb 2023169 Birches Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JW
Received 1 Mar 2023137 Wombourne Park Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0LZ
Received 1 Mar 2023Haling Dene Centre Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 28 Feb 2023B S Eaton Ltd Coppice Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7EY
Received 1 Mar 2023Garage Site 6 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire
Received 1 Mar 2023The Old Stables And Coach Houses Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire
Received 2 Mar 2023Land At White Hill Kinver Staffordshire
Received 2 Mar 202383 Enville Road Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BU
Received 2 Mar 2023Old Acre Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 2 Mar 20238 The Brooklands Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NS
Received 2 Mar 2023Unit 4 Vernon Park Cannock Road Featherstone WV10 7HW
Received 2 Mar 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Staffordshire Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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