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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.
8,065 approved · 1,078 refused · 429 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Church Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EH
Received 22 May 2023Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 26 May 20234 South View Close Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JD
Received 26 May 2023Manor Gardens High Street Wombourne
Received 28 May 2023Bednall Bank Cottage Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SH
Received 29 May 2023Earlswood House Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NG
Received 29 May 202375 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 29 May 2023Radford Lodge Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XW
Received 30 May 2023Hadcroft Farm Mill Lane Little Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LJ
Received 30 May 202323 Wolverhampton Road Hollybush WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LY
Received 31 May 20237 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EU
Received 31 May 2023327 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DR
Received 31 May 202311A Beech Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LW
Received 26 May 20232 Short Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DE
Received 31 May 2023The Limes St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 31 May 2023Pool Hall Farm Lower Penn
Received 25 May 202339 Oakfield Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LA
Received 23 May 2023Waggon And Horses Public House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 31 May 2023Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 1 Jun 20239 Olde Hall Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BD
Received 1 Jun 2023Whiston Barns Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 1 Jun 2023Martin Thomas Butchers 10 Wolverhampton Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AF
Received 1 Jun 2023Stourbridge Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Limited Stourbridge Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Sugarloaf Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PS
Received 1 Jun 202317 Grasmere Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PW
Received 2 Jun 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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