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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.
8,235 approved · 1,124 refused · 452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone
Received 28 Jul 202325 Water Meadow Way Wheaton Aston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST19 9FJ
Received 24 Jul 202367 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SD
Received 24 Jul 2023The Stables Field To North Of Parkgate Lodge Teddesley Road Penkridge ST19 5RH
Received 31 Jul 202361 South Crescent Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AU
Received 31 Jul 2023Brineton Court Brineton Shifnal TF11 8NQ
Received 31 Jul 202329A Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JZ
Received 31 Jul 20238 The Fold Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BB
Received 31 Jul 2023Plough Farm Land Off Harrisons Lane Gailey ST19 5PS
Received 28 Jul 2023Saredon Farm House Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JD
Received 1 Aug 2023Oak Hollow Old Hampton Lane Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QJ
Received 26 Jul 2023Former Royal Ordinance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane Featherstone South Staffordshire
Received 1 Aug 2023Former Royal Ordinance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane Featherstone South Staffordshire
Received 1 Aug 2023Glenhaven Sugarloaf Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY10 3PB
Received 2 Aug 2023Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 2 Aug 2023Light Ash Cottage Light Ash Cul De Sac Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AF
Received 2 Aug 202384 Low Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HH
Received 3 Aug 2023108 Gospel End Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AN
Received 3 Aug 202338 Broadacres Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AG
Received 1 Aug 2023Woodside Dunsley Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6NB
Received 1 Aug 2023433 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HZ
Received 7 Aug 2023The Hatherton Country House Hotel Pinfold Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5QP
Received 7 Aug 2023Portlet Bridgnorth Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PU
Received 8 Aug 20231 Hatherton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5BE
Received 8 Aug 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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