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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.
7,859 approved · 1,037 refused · 399 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Feb 2009 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rockside Histons Hill Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EY
Received 3 Mar 2023New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 9 Mar 202325 Princes Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2DH
Received 10 Mar 2023Sunshine Farm Hilton Lane Hilton Staffordshire WV11 2AU
Received 10 Mar 2023Oakley Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BH
Received 10 Mar 202390 Norton Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6NU
Received 10 Mar 202369 Chapel Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EJ
Received 12 Mar 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 8 Mar 2023New House Farm Gunstone Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EL
Received 13 Mar 2023Lapley Hall Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JR
Received 8 Mar 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 13 Mar 2023Old Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey Staffordshire ST19 5PT
Received 13 Mar 2023Lapley Hall Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JR
Received 8 Mar 2023The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow Staffordshire DY3 4PL
Received 14 Mar 202318 Queens Road Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DT
Received 14 Mar 202384 Low Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HH
Received 14 Mar 202325 Cannon Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HR
Received 9 Mar 2023107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TW
Received 14 Mar 2023The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BE
Received 14 Mar 2023Damson Cottage Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QS
Received 15 Mar 2023South View Horsebrook Hall Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9LP
Received 9 Mar 202314 Sutherland Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7PA
Received 15 Mar 2023Oak Tree Cottage School Lane Bednall Staffordshire ST17 0SD
Received 15 Mar 2023Wheaton Aston Old Hall Watling Street Ivetsey Bank Staffordshire ST19 9QT
Received 15 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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