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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.
8,575 approved · 1,228 refused · 488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Caravan Ellesmere Cottage Watling Street WS11 1SD
Received 3 Jan 202424 Hall Farm Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EZ
Received 1 Jan 202465 Walsall Road Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JT
Received 28 Dec 2023Three Hammers Golf Complex Old Stafford Road Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PP
Received 5 Jan 2024Land Off Hobble End Lane Great Wyrley
Received 5 Jan 20245 Brockleys Walk Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JT
Received 3 Jan 202414 Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 3 Jan 2024St Chads Church Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BQ
Received 2 Jan 20242 Rudge Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BT
Received 2 Jan 202453 High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BH
Received 2 Jan 2024Pendeford Hall Farm Pendeford Hall Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BD
Received 8 Jan 2024Penkridge Parish Council Haling Dene Centre Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 5 Jan 202449 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Upper Brockhurst Farm Brockhurst Road Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8NE
Received 9 Jan 2024Charlton House Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF
Received 10 Jan 2024Codsall Middle School Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PB
Received 10 Jan 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 10 Jan 2024Himley Hall Himley Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4DF
Received 7 Jan 2024Church Farm Pinfold Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AP
Received 12 Jan 2024Oak Meadow Lodge Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 12 Jan 2024Perton Orchard Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 12 Jan 2024Harwood Pinfold Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9PD
Received 12 Jan 202440 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 14 Jan 2024Pattingham House High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BB
Received 15 Jan 2024Records 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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