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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.
8,723 approved · 1,269 refused · 500 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 The Staddlestones Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UH
Received 21 Feb 2024Land At Burnhill Green Farmhouse Burnhill Green Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7JG
Received 21 Feb 2024Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WV5 0AL
Received 21 Feb 2024Top Barn Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood BISHOPSWOOD ST19 9AA
Received 21 Feb 2024Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 21 Feb 202421 Hinksford Lane Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NU
Received 22 Feb 2024Hobble End Farm Hobble End Lane Landywood WALSALL WS6 6AS
Received 22 Feb 2024Dreycott Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 22 Feb 202415 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PD
Received 22 Feb 202415 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PD
Received 22 Feb 2024The Vicarage 15 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 25 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To The Old Bakery High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 26 Feb 2024Loneacre 128 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 21 Feb 2024Loneacre 128 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 21 Feb 2024Loneacre 128 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 21 Feb 2024Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service Brewood Fire Station Bargate Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EG
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To Hinksford Substation Hinksford Lane Hinksford Kingswinford DY6 0BA
Received 26 Feb 2024Ox Hay Barn Brockton Grange Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF11 8NN
Received 27 Feb 2024Ox Hay Barn Brockton Grange Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF11 8NN
Received 27 Feb 2024Friars Gorse Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 27 Feb 2024Field View House 30 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AA
Received 28 Feb 2024Westlands Old Hampton Lane Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QJ
Received 28 Feb 202430 Saxon Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EP
Received 28 Feb 2024Nursery Farm Chillington Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QF
Received 28 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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