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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.
8,432 approved · 1,179 refused · 467 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Clover Ridge Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DP
Received 23 Oct 2023DBL Talbots 2 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BX
Received 27 Oct 2023Land To The Rear Of Ye Olde White Harte High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HL
Received 27 Oct 2023Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 28 Oct 2023Pool House Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 28 Oct 202311 Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BL
Received 28 Oct 2023Proposed Battery Storage Facility New Road Featherstone
Received 24 Oct 202312 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RG
Received 26 Oct 20235 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 22 Oct 2023Land Off Hartwell Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 30 Oct 2023The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL
Received 30 Oct 2023The Meadleys Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HE
Received 30 Oct 202330 Saxon Close Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DJ
Received 31 Oct 2023Ashmore Nurseries Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XP
Received 31 Oct 2023The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 31 Oct 2023Land South Of Four Ashes Deepmore Lane Latherford
Received 31 Oct 2023White Stables Oak Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DR
Received 31 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To The Dingle Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BY
Received 1 Nov 2023Lydiates House Lydiates Farm Beacon Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 5NH
Received 30 Oct 20232 Turnberry Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RE
Received 1 Nov 202334 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 1 Nov 202312 Wallace Court Highfields Grange Cheslyn Hay CHESLYN HAY WS6 7PG
Received 30 Oct 2023Ivy House Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 1 Nov 2023Radford Lodge Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XW
Received 1 Nov 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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