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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.
7,964 approved · 1,052 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Lanes Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EY
Received 13 Apr 20239 Framlingham Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UW
Received 13 Apr 2023Harwood Pinfold Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9PD
Received 16 Apr 2023Land North East Of Essington Primary School Hobnock Road Essington South Staffordshire WV11 2RF
Received 17 Apr 2023St Johns Primary Academy Hobnock Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RF
Received 17 Apr 2023Lower Penn Farmhouse Dirty Foot Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UY
Received 17 Apr 202315 Brindley Brae Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LR
Received 18 Apr 2023Firs Farm Levedale Road Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AL
Received 18 Apr 2023Farloe House Wombourne Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NF
Received 7 Apr 2023Essington Hall Farm Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 18 Apr 2023Essington Hall Farm Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 18 Apr 2023Anujaan Restaurant Stafford Road Huntington WALSALL WS12 4NQ
Received 12 Apr 2023Truckers Rest Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1SF
Received 18 Apr 20231 Beverley Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SS
Received 19 Apr 2023Pattingham Vineyard Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 19 Apr 2023Three Hammers Golf Complex Old Stafford Road Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PP
Received 20 Apr 202318 Shepherds Fold Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9FD
Received 18 Apr 2023Meadow Farm Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 20 Apr 2023Garage Site Acorn Close Great Wyrley
Received 20 Apr 2023Elmhurst Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 20 Apr 2023Upper Whittimere Halfpenny Green Vineyards Tom Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EP
Received 21 Apr 202324 Stafford Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 21 Apr 2023Coven Coppice Lawn Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BA
Received 22 Apr 202320 Turnpike Way Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5HY
Received 23 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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