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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.
7,848 approved · 1,033 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
13 Wiscombe Avenue Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5EH
Received 3 Mar 20231 Long Acre Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EG
Received 3 Mar 20231 Queens Cottages Bickford Road Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JX
Received 28 Feb 2023The Verge Outside 31 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BP
Received 2 Mar 2023The Verge Outside 72 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BY
Received 2 Mar 2023Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford Staffordshire
Received 4 Mar 202386 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TJ
Received 6 Mar 2023Land At 18 Stone Lane Kinver
Received 6 Mar 2023Coven Coppice Lawn Lane Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BA
Received 2 Mar 20237 Sandy Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EJ
Received 3 Mar 2023Old Smithy Ebstree Road Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7ES
Received 7 Mar 2023Mann And Hummel Uk Ltd Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7QZ
Received 7 Mar 202390 Chillington Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AY
Received 7 Mar 20236 Kings Road Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DU
Received 8 Mar 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 8 Mar 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 8 Mar 202328 Fairfield Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AE
Received 7 Mar 2023The Bungalow Gravel Hill Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HA
Received 2 Mar 2023The Traditional Barn Greyfields Farm Beacon Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 5NQ
Received 6 Mar 2023HMYOI Brinsford New Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7PY
Received 8 Mar 2023Ashwood Nurseries Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood Staffordshire DY6 0AE
Received 8 Mar 2023Brewood CE Middle Academy School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 8 Mar 202321 Vicarage Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9HA
Received 9 Mar 202319 Gregorys Green Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BP
Received 9 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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