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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.
8,635 approved · 1,242 refused · 492 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Meadow Cottage Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SF
Received 22 Jan 2024Brineton Court Brineton Shifnal TF11 8NQ
Received 23 Jan 2024Land At Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood
Received 23 Jan 202411 Beech Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LW
Received 23 Jan 2024Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 23 Jan 2024New Acre Stables Wolverhampton Road Penkridge
Received 23 Jan 2024Lothlorien The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HS
Received 23 Jan 2024Aston House Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 24 Jan 2024Southfield Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 24 Jan 2024The Blinds And Shutter Company Unit 3 Boscomoor Industrial Estate Commerce Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5QY
Received 24 Jan 2024New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 22 Jan 2024Keepers Cottage Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF
Received 24 Jan 2024The Old Bakery High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 24 Jan 2024Former Communication Station Cannock Road Bednall ST19 5RP
Received 24 Jan 2024Pool Farm Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 25 Jan 2024Hunterswood Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 25 Jan 202431 Blundies Lane Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HU
Received 25 Jan 2024Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 26 Jan 202444 Pinfold Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7NY
Received 26 Jan 202443 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 26 Jan 2024Burnhill Green Farmhouse Burnhill Green Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7JG
Received 26 Jan 202424 Brindley Brae Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LR
Received 26 Jan 2024Severn Trent Water Straight Mile Pumping Station Straight Mile Calf Heath
Received 27 Jan 2024Whitfield Bridgnorth Road Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5JB
Received 28 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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