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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.
7,944 approved · 1,047 refused · 403 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
South Staffordshire Council Car Park High Street Wombourne
Received 6 Apr 2023Herons Reach Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AH
Received 8 Apr 20234 Tintagel Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RG
Received 8 Apr 2023The White House Hobnock Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RF
Received 11 Apr 20239 Church Road Shareshill Wolverhampton WV10 7JR
Received 11 Apr 2023Foley Fane Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AP
Received 11 Apr 2023Church View Barn Watery Bank Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9ER
Received 11 Apr 20231 Jackson Close Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BL
Received 11 Apr 2023Park Oak Farm Offoxey Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AP
Received 11 Apr 2023Levedale Farmhouse Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 12 Apr 2023Garage Site Sunset Close Coven
Received 12 Apr 2023Conifer House Hawthorne Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DA
Received 31 Mar 202310 Downie Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JE
Received 10 Apr 20232 Brantley Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DA
Received 10 Apr 2023Land East Of Bilbrook South Staffordshire
Received 6 Apr 202318 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 12 Apr 2023Hollies Lodge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 12 Apr 2023Hollies Lodge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 12 Apr 2023Quinton Court Wardles Lane Great Wyrley
Received 12 Apr 202312 Beaumont Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EB
Received 13 Apr 202329 Drake Avenue Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5UA
Received 13 Apr 2023The Water Mill Stretton Mill Stretton Mill Road Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LH
Received 13 Apr 2023The Water Mill Stretton Mill Stretton Mill Road Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LH
Received 13 Apr 202319 Tinkers Castle Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HF
Received 13 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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