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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.
8,339 approved · 1,151 refused · 461 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Pool View Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PA
Received 8 Sept 2023Homestead Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 14 Sept 2023Shalfleet Whittamoor Lane Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AN
Received 14 Sept 2023Rivaton Lodge Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 15 Sept 2023Essington Hall Farm Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 15 Sept 2023Brickbridge House 98 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 15 Sept 2023Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 15 Sept 202316 Tower View Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HE
Received 16 Sept 2023The Haven 200 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 16 Sept 2023Iverley Park Farm Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PU
Received 17 Sept 202324 Deansfield Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EQ
Received 11 Sept 2023Former Great Wyrley Community Support Unit 156 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 18 Sept 2023Atherlea Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 11 Sept 2023Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 19 Sept 2023Rose Cottage 14 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 15 Sept 2023Rose Cottage 14 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 15 Sept 2023Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 19 Sept 2023Wombourne Cricket Tennis And Bowling Club Church Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 19 Sept 2023Centre Of Pond 53M From Crossfields, Strawmoor Lane 23M From Oaken Lane Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2LD
Received 19 Sept 2023Land At Lawnswood Road Lawnswood
Received 20 Sept 2023Essington Hall Farm Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 20 Sept 2023Jalna Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 14 Sept 2023Trees On The Boundary Of Wombourne Cricket Tennis And Bowling Club Church Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 5 Sept 202333A Thistledown Drive Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7SX
Received 20 Sept 2023Records 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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