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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.
8,780 approved · 1,292 refused · 505 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 13 Mar 20248 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AW
Received 14 Mar 2024Mulberry Cottage Hawthorne Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NG
Received 18 Mar 2024Crump Hillocks Farm Bradbury Lane Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5JG
Received 22 Mar 202472 Unit 1 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 22 Mar 2024Southbound Services Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AT
Received 22 Mar 2024The Mount Golf & Country Club (Formerly Perton Golf Club) Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HL
Received 22 Mar 2024The Winners Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 23 Mar 2024Lanes Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EY
Received 27 Mar 202490 Norton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NU
Received 27 Mar 2024Electricity Sub Station 28M From The Laurels, Lawnswood Drive And 14M From Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QW
Received 27 Mar 2024234 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DL
Received 27 Mar 2024Firs Farm Levedale Road Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AL
Received 27 Mar 2024Land Between 199 And 201 Enville Road Kinver
Received 27 Mar 2024Aston House Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 27 Mar 2024Bobbington Sewage Treatment Works Brantley Crescent Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DB
Received 27 Mar 2024109 Glenthorne Drive Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DD
Received 20 Mar 202413 Greenfields Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HP
Received 21 Mar 2024147 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UQ
Received 21 Mar 2024Pavilion End Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PF
Received 20 Mar 2024Land South Of Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook
Received 22 Mar 202450 Hilton Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AN
Received 27 Mar 2024St Benedict Biscop Church Church Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 25 Mar 2024Chillington Hall Chillington Park Chillington WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RE
Received 27 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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