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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.
8,705 approved · 1,266 refused · 498 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AQ
Received 16 Feb 20243 The Old Rectory Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QG
Received 16 Feb 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 16 Feb 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 16 Feb 2024The Rock House New Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DN
Received 16 Feb 202416 Six Ashes Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DD
Received 17 Feb 20242 Brantley Crescent Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DB
Received 18 Feb 20242 Harald Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NJ
Received 19 Feb 2024Bank Cottage Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 19 Feb 2024Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 19 Feb 202416 Badgers End Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NS
Received 20 Feb 2024A J Sellman Ltd Sellmans Clay Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AF
Received 20 Feb 20241 The Courtyard Jenny Walkers Lane Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HB
Received 20 Feb 202425 Long Lane Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AT
Received 15 Feb 202427 Chalmers Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BJ
Received 16 Feb 202491 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DX
Received 20 Feb 2024Standeford Farm Cafe Stafford Road Standeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BN
Received 20 Feb 2024The Beeches 70 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 20 Feb 202435 Princes Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DJ
Received 20 Feb 2024Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 20 Feb 2024Yew Tree Cottage Blymhill Road Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LS
Received 21 Feb 202443 Springhill Park Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TS
Received 21 Feb 202467 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 21 Feb 2024Camellia Cottage 9 Bridgeman Court Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QH
Received 21 Feb 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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