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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.
8,898 approved · 1,323 refused · 518 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Appleby Gardens Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2SZ
Received 26 Apr 2024Pool House Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 28 Apr 202427 Stoneybrook Leys Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JE
Received 29 Apr 2024Oaken Lodge Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 29 Apr 2024Land To The Rear Of Ye Olde White Harte High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 29 Apr 2024Square House Boarding Kennels And Cattery Square House Cannock Road Mansty STAFFORD ST19 5SA
Received 29 Apr 20246 Greenacre Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JA
Received 30 Apr 20248 Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 29 Apr 2024The Four Ashes Inn Station Drive Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BU
Received 30 Apr 202417 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 1 May 2024Corinda St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 1 May 2024Land South Of Langley Road Lower Penn
Received 1 May 2024Balliol Business Park Balliol Road Pendeford WV9 5EU
Received 1 May 2024The Swedish Bungalow School Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NH
Received 18 Apr 20246 School Close Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1SW
Received 25 Apr 2024Fairmont Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 3 May 2024Histons House Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ES
Received 3 May 20244 Rosewood Gardens Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DF
Received 3 May 2024Tree Tops School Lane Coven COVEN WV9 5AN
Received 3 May 20246 Pine Walk Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HB
Received 4 May 20242 Brantley Crescent Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DB
Received 5 May 202458 Hilton Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AN
Received 5 May 2024Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 6 May 2024Oaken Lawn Farm Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 6 May 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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