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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.
8,279 approved · 1,136 refused · 459 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Norton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PE
Received 17 Aug 2023128 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 17 Aug 2023Standeford Farm Cafe Stafford Road Standeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BN
Received 17 Aug 2023Springslade Works Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SG
Received 18 Aug 202336 Chestnut Drive Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LU
Received 19 Aug 20237 Moathouse Close Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0QY
Received 19 Aug 20232 New Wood Close New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SN
Received 20 Aug 202364 Templars Way Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HR
Received 18 Aug 2023Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 21 Aug 202348 Wren Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TS
Received 18 Aug 20232 Stoneybrook Leys Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JE
Received 22 Aug 2023Micklewood Stud Farm Micklewood Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SD
Received 22 Aug 202319 Shop Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EB
Received 22 Aug 20236 Heath Farm Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HT
Received 22 Aug 2023The Mill House Mill Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EG
Received 22 Aug 2023Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 22 Aug 2023Finnley Barns Church Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PG
Received 23 Aug 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 24 Aug 2023Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 25 Aug 2023Himley Park Himley Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4DF
Received 25 Aug 2023Upper Latherford Farm Latherford Lane Latherford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DX
Received 22 Aug 2023Hockerhill Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood
Received 25 Aug 2023Kingscote House 19 Bargate Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EG
Received 24 Aug 20231 Newgate Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AG
Received 25 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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