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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.
8,097 approved · 1,085 refused · 433 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Chasepool Cottages The Holloway Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PA
Received 9 Jun 2023Smestow Gate Cottage Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 10 Jun 2023Barclays Bank PLC 1 Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 12 Jun 2023Top Barn 7 Trussell Grange Bednall Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0NZ
Received 12 Jun 202325A Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 24 May 2023Little Croft Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EW
Received 25 May 2023Cherry Trees School Giggetty Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AX
Received 12 Jun 2023Dartmouth Lyons Limited Dartmouth Arms Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 12 Jun 2023Leabank Levedale Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AT
Received 2 Jun 2023Sommerville Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 7 Jun 2023Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 13 Jun 202363 Meadow Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BT
Received 13 Jun 2023Long Acre Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 13 Jun 20238 Walhouse Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SP
Received 13 Jun 2023Stamford Cottage Stamford Courtyard Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EX
Received 14 Jun 202335 Wombourne Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NB
Received 8 Jun 202339 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 10 Jun 202335 Pinfold Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HP
Received 13 Jun 2023Green Mount Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 13 Jun 202363 White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AP
Received 14 Jun 2023Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone
Received 16 Jun 20232 Wesley Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LW
Received 16 Jun 20236 Boundary Lane Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PA
Received 16 Jun 2023South Staffordshire College Rodbaston Campus Farm Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PH
Received 16 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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