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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.
7,990 approved · 1,057 refused · 411 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fox Inn Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BL
Received 18 Apr 20236 Teasel Grove Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TL
Received 24 Apr 20234 Cedar Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BW
Received 24 Apr 2023Wolmore Farm Wolmore Lane Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HG
Received 24 Apr 202311 Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 25 Apr 2023Abbeyfield House Windsor Gardens Codsall WV8 2EX
Received 25 Apr 2023Wood View Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HT
Received 26 Apr 20234 Clap Gate Grove Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JS
Received 26 Apr 2023Mann And Hummel Uk Ltd Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7QZ
Received 26 Apr 20236 Lower Lanes Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HH
Received 26 Apr 2023The Deanery Farm Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QQ
Received 26 Apr 2023The Stables Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston
Received 26 Apr 202333 Shop Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EB
Received 26 Apr 2023Charnwood Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 26 Apr 2023The Oaks Coppice Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EZ
Received 26 Apr 202314A Johns Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BY
Received 27 Apr 2023Meadow Farm Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 27 Apr 202315 Meadow Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BT
Received 27 Apr 2023Meadow Farm Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 27 Apr 2023Roost Farm Barn Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 28 Apr 2023East And West Side (North Of Penkridge) Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 28 Apr 202356 Billy Buns Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BP
Received 28 Apr 20233 Tudor Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DQ
Received 29 Apr 20231 Ebstree Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JJ
Received 1 May 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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