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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.
8,877 approved · 1,315 refused · 518 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Japonica House Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 19 Apr 2024Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 19 Apr 20243 Kinvaston Hall Farm Water Eaton Lane Congreve STAFFORD ST19 5QD
Received 22 Apr 2024Oak Meadow Lodge Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 22 Apr 202431 Warner Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1SA
Received 22 Apr 20242 Rosemary Road Wombourne DUDLEY DY3 4AS
Received 22 Apr 2024Land South Of Coven Road Brewood
Received 22 Apr 2024Land At Hockerhill Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 22 Apr 2024Summer Hayes 28 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 24 Apr 2024The Highlands Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EY
Received 17 Apr 202414 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 24 Apr 2024Heather Lodge 6 Fair View Court Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9RB
Received 24 Apr 2024Vodaphone Limited Telecommunications Mast Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport Crab Lane Stourbridge Bobbington DY7 5DY
Received 24 Apr 2024Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 25 Apr 2024Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 25 Apr 2024St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Wharf Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BG
Received 25 Apr 2024St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Wharf Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BG
Received 25 Apr 202414 Royal Oak Drive Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AN
Received 25 Apr 202410 Tong Close Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AJ
Received 25 Apr 2024Manor Cottage Seisdon Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JF
Received 25 Apr 202426 Mill Fields Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LB
Received 26 Apr 2024Three Ridings Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 26 Apr 202425 Princes Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DH
Received 26 Apr 202410 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 26 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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