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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.
8,747 approved · 1,281 refused · 502 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Preston Vale Cottages Preston Vale Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RA
Received 6 Mar 20243 Preston Vale Cottages Preston Vale Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RA
Received 6 Mar 202465 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HN
Received 6 Mar 2024Ashwood Marina Limited Ashwood Marina Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AQ
Received 7 Mar 2024Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 8 Mar 2024Sutherland Farm 38 Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AD
Received 8 Mar 2024Street Record School Close Codsall
Received 8 Mar 20243 Raglan Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RZ
Received 8 Mar 2024Alpha Care Homes Limited Waters Edge Care Home Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6BA
Received 8 Mar 2024Field Off Woodlands Lane Calf Heath
Received 8 Mar 202489 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 11 Mar 20241 Highgate Court Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7ER
Received 12 Mar 2024Garages And Parking Area CP4 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 12 Mar 202477 Springhill Park Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TP
Received 13 Mar 2024Nationwide 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 13 Mar 2024Nationwide 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 13 Mar 20249 Bridgewater Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HU
Received 13 Mar 2024Woodland Opposite Woodcot Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 28 Feb 2024The Field Long Lane Springhill
Received 25 Feb 202456 Elms Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JX
Received 5 Mar 2024Booth Ventures Limited Campions Wood Quarry Wolverhampton Road Hollybush WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LY
Received 5 Mar 2024Strangford Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 6 Mar 2024Land On The West Side Of Orton Lane Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 18 Mar 2024Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 18 Mar 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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