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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.
8,010 approved · 1,065 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Bellbrook Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DL
Received 8 May 202335 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SD
Received 30 Apr 2023The Roe Deer Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QJ
Received 9 May 202323 Giggetty Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AS
Received 2 May 20231 Wood Farm Barns Gospel End Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4HA
Received 9 May 202317 Orams Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EA
Received 9 May 2023Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 9 May 2023Roost Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 9 May 2023Roost Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 9 May 202366 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 9 May 20236 Bowen Cooke Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7YG
Received 10 May 2023The Cross Inn Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HZ
Received 10 May 202317 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QQ
Received 3 May 20232 Bag Pool Way Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BL
Received 10 May 2023Seradena Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 5 May 2023Land South Of White Hill Kinver
Received 10 May 20231 Norfolk Grove Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6JS
Received 11 May 2023Rockstar Equine Riding And Livery Centre Cocksparrow Lane Huntington
Received 11 May 202322 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AW
Received 11 May 2023Springview Manor Warstones Hill Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HH
Received 12 May 2023Land At The Entrance Of Farway Gardens Codsall WV8 2QA
Received 12 May 202344 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 12 May 2023Wombourne High School Ounsdale Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JJ
Received 12 May 2023Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 12 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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