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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.
8,257 approved · 1,132 refused · 455 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Meddins Rise Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DJ
Received 8 Aug 2023Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 8 Aug 2023Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 8 Aug 202310 Downie Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JE
Received 5 Aug 2023Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 10 Aug 2023The Squirrels Bratch Common Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DE
Received 7 Aug 2023Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 11 Aug 202317 Billy Buns Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BL
Received 11 Aug 2023The Firs Oaken Lawn Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AL
Received 14 Aug 2023Bridleways Farm Sandy Lane Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AF
Received 15 Aug 2023Weston View 5 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QQ
Received 14 Aug 2023The Range Wood Farm Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RJ
Received 15 Aug 2023Wombourne High School Ounsdale Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JJ
Received 15 Aug 2023Pine Tree Cottage Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JR
Received 16 Aug 2023The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL
Received 16 Aug 20235 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BL
Received 16 Aug 2023Nordor House Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 16 Aug 20237 Covers Lane Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PB
Received 16 Aug 2023Hall And Pickles Richard Hall House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AL
Received 15 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To 22 Millers Vale Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8HR
Received 17 Aug 202352 Hawksmoor Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TE
Received 17 Aug 202310 Highfields Grange Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PF
Received 17 Aug 202312 Highfields Grange Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PF
Received 17 Aug 20234 Pine Walk Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HB
Received 17 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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