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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.
8,212 approved · 1,117 refused · 449 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Proposed Battery Storage Ebstree Road Trysull
Received 13 Jul 2023Ken Price And Son Cheadles Garage Stone Cross Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AS
Received 19 Jul 20235 Kingsley Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AJ
Received 20 Jul 2023Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 15 Jul 202315 Cedar Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BW
Received 16 Jul 2023Civic Centre Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 18 Jul 2023Verge Adjacent To 85A Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BY
Received 19 Jul 20236 Horton Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AL
Received 19 Jul 2023Proposed Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 14 Jul 2023Church View Barn Watery Bank Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9ER
Received 21 Jul 2023Staffordshire County Council Great Wyrley Community Support Unit Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 21 Jul 2023The Old Farmhouse The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BF
Received 22 Jul 2023Sandy Acres Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 22 Jul 202373 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AR
Received 24 Jul 2023The Lodge 140 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 25 Jul 202318 Compton Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DN
Received 25 Jul 2023Penkridge Pubs Limited Littleton Arms St Michaels Square Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AL
Received 26 Jul 202318 Princefield Avenue Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HG
Received 26 Jul 20231 Queens Cottages Bickford Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JX
Received 26 Jul 2023Fairways Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 26 Jul 2023Lothlorien The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HS
Received 26 Jul 2023Primrose Cottage Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JS
Received 26 Jul 2023Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 26 Jul 2023Hobble End Bungalow Hobble End Lane Landywood WALSALL WS6 6AS
Received 27 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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