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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.
7,921 approved · 1,045 refused · 401 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 31 Mar 2023Top Barn 7 Trussell Grange Bednall Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0NZ
Received 31 Mar 202310 Birches Avenue Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JG
Received 31 Mar 20239 Hopton Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7SZ
Received 31 Mar 2023Hope Cottage Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 2 Apr 202393 High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HD
Received 2 Apr 2023130 Common Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0NB
Received 4 Apr 202311 Deansfield Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EQ
Received 4 Apr 2023Anvil Caravan Park Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 4 Apr 202340 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 4 Apr 2023Lawnswood Road Staffordshire Lawnswood DY8 5LN
Received 4 Apr 2023Preston Hill Farm Preston Vale Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RA
Received 5 Apr 202373 Six Ashes Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EA
Received 27 Mar 202324 Foster Crescent Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EA
Received 27 Mar 2023Land South Of Four Ashes Deepmore Lane Latherford
Received 29 Mar 2023Garage Site Rear Of 1-29 Bull Lane Link Road Wombourne
Received 5 Apr 2023Church Farm Pinfold Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AP
Received 5 Apr 2023Church Farm Pinfold Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AP
Received 5 Apr 202313 Tower View Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HE
Received 29 Mar 2023Cross Green Farm Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 30 Mar 2023Orton Meadows 91 Orton Lane Wombourne Staffordshire WV4 4XA
Received 5 Apr 20238 Braemar Road Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7DT
Received 5 Apr 202325 Micklewood Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JE
Received 5 Apr 2023Park Wall Cottages County Lane Kingswood
Received 6 Apr 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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