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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.
8,562 approved · 1,223 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Sandy Acres Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 21 Dec 2023South Staffordshire College Rodbaston Campus Farm Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PH
Received 21 Dec 2023Land To The South Of Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook (West Of Bilbrook Mill)
Received 21 Dec 2023Whiston Barns Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 21 Dec 2023268 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DN
Received 22 Dec 202334 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 22 Dec 20239 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 22 Dec 20239 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 22 Dec 2023Land East And West Side Of A449 Penkridge
Received 22 Dec 2023Land At J13 Of The M6 Stafford Dunston
Received 22 Dec 2023130 Common Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0NB
Received 22 Dec 2023Pennwood Farm Pennwood Lane Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5JN
Received 23 Dec 2023Land At Lawn Lane Coven
Received 27 Dec 2023Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 28 Dec 2023Pendeford Hall Farm Pendeford Hall Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BD
Received 28 Dec 202350 Brewood Road Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DA
Received 28 Dec 202350 Brewood Road Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DA
Received 28 Dec 2023Land At Landywood Enterprise Park Holly Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6BD
Received 29 Dec 2023Oaken Lawn House Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 2 Jan 20247 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 3 Jan 20248 St Pauls Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DD
Received 3 Jan 202450 Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AE
Received 22 Dec 202350 Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AE
Received 22 Dec 202350 Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AE
Received 22 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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