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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jaguar Land Rover Wolverhampton Unit B Innovation Drive Pendeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5GA
Received 13 May 2024Rose Meadow Farm Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AJ
Received 13 May 20244 New Cottages Oaken Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BD
Received 14 May 20244 Stourton Crescent Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RR
Received 14 May 202431 Bratch Park Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DF
Received 7 May 2024New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 8 May 2024Bryher Cottage Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 14 May 2024Perton Court Cottage Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 14 May 2024Kevin Twigger & Associates Rushall House School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 14 May 202475 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RH
Received 14 May 202410 The Pavement Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BZ
Received 15 May 202422 Ounsdale Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9JF
Received 15 May 2024Land Off Newport Road Kingswood
Received 15 May 20244 Cresswell Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BE
Received 15 May 202491 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DX
Received 15 May 202421 Coltsfoot View Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BG
Received 16 May 2024Land To The North East Of Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 16 May 2024HM Young Offenders Institution Brinsford New Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PY
Received 16 May 2024Land West Of Watery Lane And North Of Sandy Lane Codsall South Staffordshire
Received 16 May 2024All Saints C E Primary School School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 16 May 2024119 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 17 May 20243 Tuters Hill Cottages Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DU
Received 17 May 2024HMP Oakwood Oaks Drive Featherstone WV10 7QD
Received 17 May 2024Pool House Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 20 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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