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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.
8,469 approved · 1,192 refused · 472 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Dec 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BX
Received 13 Nov 2023Eastholme Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 6 Nov 2023Junction 11 Motors Limited Shareshill Service Station Cannock Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Kings Lodge Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BJ
Received 14 Nov 202327 Chalmers Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BJ
Received 9 Nov 2023Land At Orton Hall Farm Flash Lane Orton WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TF
Received 14 Nov 2023Canalside High Street Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NR
Received 14 Nov 2023Villa Farm House Brineton Shifnal TF11 8NJ
Received 15 Nov 20233 Raglan Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RZ
Received 15 Nov 202357 Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LR
Received 15 Nov 2023Jaguar Land Rover Wolverhampton Unit B Innovation Drive Pendeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5GA
Received 15 Nov 2023Long Acre Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 16 Nov 2023Park View Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 6 Nov 2023Hope Cottage Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 8 Nov 2023Coldharbour Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 8 Nov 2023SAD Site 617 Four Ashes Road Brewood
Received 10 Nov 2023SAD Site 459 And 562/415 Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 10 Nov 2023Land At Junction 13 Of M6 Wolverhampton Road Dunston
Received 14 Nov 202333 Silver Poplars Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AP
Received 17 Nov 202327 High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BQ
Received 17 Nov 2023Little Round Hill Tinkers Castle Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HF
Received 13 Nov 2023Corner Of Church Road And High Street Wombourne
Received 15 Nov 2023Land To Rear Of Holly Bush Inn Ebstree Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JE
Received 20 Nov 2023Northbound Services Hilton Lane Hilton
Received 20 Nov 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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