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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.
8,365 approved · 1,158 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Whitgreave Avenue Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AP
Received 20 Sept 202344 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 21 Sept 202315 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PD
Received 21 Sept 202316 Letchmere Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AH
Received 22 Sept 2023East Barn Whiston Barns Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 23 Sept 2023Kinver Methodist Church Hall Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AB
Received 24 Sept 2023Cherry Tree Cottage Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PW
Received 25 Sept 2023White House Wheaton Aston Road Longnor STAFFORD ST19 5QN
Received 25 Sept 2023203 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 25 Sept 2023Little Rivaton Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 26 Sept 2023Perton Orchard Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 22 Sept 2023Gravel Hill House Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 26 Sept 20231 Butterfield Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TR
Received 24 Sept 202314 Hampton Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LP
Received 26 Sept 2023EE UK And Hutchinson UK Limited Gailey Park 1 - MBNL Gravelly Way Four Ashes
Received 26 Sept 202314 Pool Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PB
Received 26 Sept 202312 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TA
Received 25 Sept 2023Highfields Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EY
Received 26 Sept 202310 The Pavement Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BZ
Received 29 Sept 2023Wellings Cottage 6A Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 24 Sept 2023Deepmore Barn Deepmore Lane Latherford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DL
Received 29 Sept 2023Bramber Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EY
Received 1 Oct 202325 Cornflower Meadow Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5FB
Received 3 Oct 20232 Quinton Court Shopping Centre 112 Wardles Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DY
Received 25 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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