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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.
8,827 approved · 1,307 refused · 509 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Saxon Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EP
Received 5 Apr 2024Sikh Hunters Football Club Long Lane Park Long Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AA
Received 8 Apr 2024Radwood Old Vicarage Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AD
Received 9 Apr 202462 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 9 Apr 202416 The Paddock Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BN
Received 9 Apr 20243 Newgate Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AG
Received 10 Apr 2024Checkhill Farm Great Checkhill Road Gothersley STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AT
Received 10 Apr 20243 Newgate Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AG
Received 10 Apr 20244 Bentons Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EF
Received 5 Apr 2024Land At Moors Farm Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 10 Apr 20248 And 9 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 10 Apr 2024Perton Civic Centre Church Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PD
Received 10 Apr 20241 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 11 Apr 2024The Hayloft Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 11 Apr 2024Boots Pharmacy High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DP
Received 8 Apr 202411 Orams Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EA
Received 12 Apr 202422 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 10 Apr 20242 Broadacres Close Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BW
Received 12 Apr 2024Cottage Farm Oak Lane Hatherton WV10 7DR
Received 10 Apr 20242 Penda Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NW
Received 12 Apr 2024Codsall Spice 139 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PF
Received 12 Apr 2024Porthmeor Old Hampton Lane Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QJ
Received 12 Apr 202482 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 15 Apr 2024Tree Tops School Lane Coven COVEN WV9 5AN
Received 15 Apr 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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