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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.
8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Pendeford Hall Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BD
Received 7 May 2024St Marks Church 72 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LJ
Received 29 Apr 20242 Turnberry Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RE
Received 29 Apr 2024Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 7 May 2024Cuttlestone Cottage Pinfold Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5QP
Received 7 May 2024Locks Paddock Oaken Lawn Kingswood
Received 8 May 20241 Filance Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HJ
Received 8 May 202475 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AR
Received 30 Apr 2024Garage Site School Close Trysull
Received 8 May 2024Priory Court Lapley Hall Mews Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JN
Received 8 May 20241 Dene Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UU
Received 8 May 2024Land South Of White Hill Kinver
Received 8 May 2024Land North Of Penkridge Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 8 May 202416 St Modwena Way Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5ST
Received 9 May 202453 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 9 May 2024Former Great Wyrley Community Support Unit 156 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 9 May 202483 - 85 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 9 May 202423 Olde Hall Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BD
Received 9 May 20242 Dean Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AG
Received 30 Apr 202420 King Cup Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4WB
Received 10 May 202431 Cornmill Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XU
Received 10 May 2024Standeford Lodge Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 10 May 202413 Elms Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JS
Received 12 May 2024Willow House 3 Vardons Keep WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 8AX
Received 13 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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