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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.
7,883 approved · 1,043 refused · 401 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Millfields Way Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8HA
Received 8 Mar 20231 Park Close Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DA
Received 9 Mar 2023Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 16 Mar 2023Lyncroft Bursnips Road Essington Staffordshire WV11 2RE
Received 10 Mar 2023Hobble End Bungalow Hobble End Lane Landywood Staffordshire WS6 6AS
Received 14 Mar 2023Wombourne Youth And Community Centre Windmill Bank Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 10 Mar 20235 Flemmynge Close Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 10 Mar 2023The Hollies Farm Straight Mile Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DW
Received 14 Mar 202398 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0AQ
Received 16 Mar 2023Three Hammers Golf Complex Old Stafford Road Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PP
Received 16 Mar 2023Hockerhill Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood
Received 16 Mar 2023Sandhill Day Nursery Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TJ
Received 16 Mar 20235 The Limes Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QW
Received 17 Mar 2023Farthingdale Crab Lane Bobbington Staffordshire DY7 5DZ
Received 13 Mar 2023Berkswell Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8AY
Received 15 Mar 20237 Queens Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EP
Received 15 Mar 202315 Sutherland Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7PA
Received 20 Mar 2023Oak Lane Farm Oak Lane Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DR
Received 20 Mar 202314 Chillington Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AG
Received 21 Mar 2023Bratch Pumping Station Bratch Lane Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8DN
Received 21 Mar 202389 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 21 Mar 2023Featherstone Hall Farm New Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7NW
Received 22 Mar 2023Sunnydale Dark Lane Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 22 Mar 2023Land West Of 18 Shop Lane Oaken Staffordshire
Received 22 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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