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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.
8,389 approved · 1,165 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 4 Oct 2023Vacant Plot Mary Bond Court Wootton Drive Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 5 Oct 2023Sainsburys Local Stone Cross Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AS
Received 6 Oct 2023Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 9 Oct 2023125 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 10 Oct 202382 Sytch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LB
Received 10 Oct 2023Goods Yard Goods Station Lane Penkridge ST19 5AU
Received 10 Oct 2023Perton Court Cottage Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 10 Oct 2023Rear Of College Farm Close Westbeech Road Pattingham
Received 12 Oct 2023Keepers Cottage Hilton Park Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AY
Received 13 Oct 202320 Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AQ
Received 13 Oct 2023Commemorative Mining Monument Wolverhampton Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DB
Received 13 Oct 2023Staffordshire Police Authority Kinver Police Station High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ES
Received 14 Oct 202370 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BY
Received 9 Oct 202363 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 16 Oct 2023Harvington Birch Farmhouse Foxes Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BJ
Received 16 Oct 2023Hunterswood Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 16 Oct 202320 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 17 Oct 2023Upper Latherford Farm Latherford Lane Latherford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DX
Received 17 Oct 2023Land At White Hill Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6AN
Received 17 Oct 202325 Hinksford Lane Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NU
Received 17 Oct 2023Coldharbour Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 17 Oct 2023Spring Paddock Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 18 Oct 2023Balliol Business Park Cargill Protein Europe Balliol Road Pendeford Staffordshire WV9 5EU
Received 18 Oct 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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