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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.
8,188 approved · 1,111 refused · 446 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 12 Jul 2023Keepers Croft Levedale Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AT
Received 12 Jul 202339 Copper Beech Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LH
Received 13 Jul 2023Dunston Farm Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 13 Jul 2023Kings Pools Cannock Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JP
Received 13 Jul 2023Glendene James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 13 Jul 202319 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 13 Jul 2023Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 14 Jul 2023Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 14 Jul 2023Granary Cottage Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 14 Jul 2023Land East Of A449 And South Of Gravelly Way Within Order Limits Of The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Gailey
Received 15 Jul 202336 Itchen Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QY
Received 15 Jul 2023The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 15 Jul 202362 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DN
Received 17 Jul 20237 Boundary Lane Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PA
Received 17 Jul 202375 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AR
Received 7 Jul 2023132 High Hill Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DW
Received 17 Jul 2023Viewbank Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HY
Received 17 Jul 202355 Marsh Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5BP
Received 18 Jul 2023Krisdene Marlbrook Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BS
Received 18 Jul 2023Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 18 Jul 20231 Dene Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UU
Received 18 Jul 2023Herons Reach Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AH
Received 19 Jul 2023Spar Foodliner Filance Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JT
Received 19 Jul 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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