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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.
8,512 approved · 1,202 refused · 478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Uplands Farm Bun Lane Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BN
Received 30 Nov 2023Knypersley Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AF
Received 30 Nov 2023Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 1 Dec 2023Moseley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HY
Received 1 Dec 2023Coven Dental Surgery 137 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PF
Received 1 Dec 2023Field At Stable Lane Calf Heath
Received 1 Dec 2023Wolverhampton Business Airport Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DY
Received 1 Dec 2023107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 1 Dec 20232 New Buildings Cottages Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 3 Dec 2023Car Boot Sale Site Botterham Lane Wombourne Road Swindon DY3 4RA
Received 4 Dec 2023Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 1 Dec 2023Garage Site At Heather Drive Huntington
Received 4 Dec 202331 Moises Hall Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LF
Received 4 Dec 2023Old Meldrum Ball Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7EY
Received 4 Dec 202321 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 4 Dec 2023Bramble Cottage Penn Croft Lane Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5JP
Received 5 Dec 20231 Orchard Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LL
Received 5 Dec 2023Long Birch Farm Port Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BE
Received 5 Dec 2023Kings Pools Cannock Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JP
Received 5 Dec 20232 Plemont Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE Staffordshire DY7 6FE
Received 5 Dec 2023Office Building East Of Lutley Lane Bobbington Stourbridge DY7 5DE
Received 5 Dec 2023Land Off Common Lane Bednall ST17 0SB
Received 5 Dec 2023Park Wall Cottages County Lane Kingswood
Received 5 Dec 2023Cherry Tree Cottage Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PW
Received 5 Dec 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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