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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.
8,490 approved · 1,197 refused · 474 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Church Road The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 16 Nov 2023Coylumbridge Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 20 Nov 2023Sunshine Farm Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AU
Received 15 Nov 2023Site Of Former Penkridge Health Centre St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 21 Nov 2023Windy Croft Fox Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EL
Received 21 Nov 2023Land South Of White Hill Kinver
Received 21 Nov 202312 Elmwood Avenue Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DH
Received 22 Nov 2023Harvest Grove Brinsford Lodge East Road Brinsford WV10 7QD
Received 23 Nov 2023Wishing Well Barn Whittamoor Lane Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AN
Received 24 Nov 2023Maleesh Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 24 Nov 202365 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 24 Nov 2023139 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 26 Nov 2023Three Ridings Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 27 Nov 2023Land North Of Pool View Great Wyrley
Received 27 Nov 2023Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 13 Nov 2023Oakhurst 7A Huntsmans Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BA
Received 20 Nov 2023Hazelbrook Industrial Estate Hazel Lane Great Wyrley
Received 28 Nov 2023Land At Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood
Received 28 Nov 2023Stretton Garage Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LN
Received 28 Nov 2023Land At Smestow Road Swindon
Received 28 Nov 2023Festina Lente Straight Mile Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DW
Received 29 Nov 2023Langley Lawn Farm Boscobel Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QT
Received 29 Nov 2023Shreelane Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 30 Nov 20236 Achilles Close Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6JW
Received 30 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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