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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.
7,999 approved · 1,063 refused · 416 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foley Fane Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AP
Received 1 May 202334 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TA
Received 2 May 2023Land Adjacent Earlswood House Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill
Received 2 May 20239 Mount Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9ER
Received 2 May 2023Meadow Farm Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 2 May 2023Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 3 May 202335 Foster Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EB
Received 2 May 20232 - 3 Anders Square Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QH
Received 3 May 202332 Hawthorne Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DD
Received 1 May 2023Old Manor House Seisdon Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ER
Received 3 May 2023Old Manor House Seisdon Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ER
Received 3 May 20235 New Cottages Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AQ
Received 3 May 202314 Penkside Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BL
Received 3 May 2023Sedgley Court Brick Kiln Way Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BA
Received 4 May 2023111 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SJ
Received 4 May 20231 Orchard Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LL
Received 4 May 2023Gallows End Cottage Farm Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PG
Received 4 May 2023Hawkins Colliery Sports Club Club And Sports Ground Coppice Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EY
Received 5 May 2023Holly Cottage Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 5 May 202314 Broc Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EY
Received 5 May 2023Nationwide 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 5 May 2023Staffordshire Police Authority Kinver Police Station High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ES
Received 5 May 2023Wergs Golf Club Keepers Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8UA
Received 8 May 202345 Long Lane Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AT
Received 8 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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