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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Wombourne Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NB
Received 13 May 20244 Cherry Tree Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1NL
Received 16 May 2024Land At Boscobel Lane Bishops Wood
Received 20 May 2024Iverley Park Farm Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PU
Received 20 May 2024Cosy Nook Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BY
Received 21 May 2024Grisedale 24 Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 22 May 2024Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 22 May 202480 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DD
Received 22 May 2024Frog Hall Cottages Whittington Hall Lane Kinver
Received 22 May 2024Land To The North Of Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 23 May 2024Morfe House Farm Morfe House Lane Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5JP
Received 23 May 202472 Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 7LH
Received 24 May 2024The Barns Pool Hall Bridgnorth Road Trescott WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XN
Received 24 May 202425 Raglan Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RZ
Received 24 May 2024The Cottage Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QJ
Received 25 May 2024Land Adjacent To Codsall Station Station Road Codsall
Received 27 May 2024Land At Wulfrun Way Broad Lane Mossley WV11 2DZ
Received 28 May 2024Garage Site At Badgers End Wheaton Aston
Received 28 May 2024Orton Meadows 91 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XA
Received 28 May 2024Landywood County Primary School Holly Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AQ
Received 28 May 202441 The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HR
Received 29 May 2024Sandridge 192 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SE
Received 22 May 202459 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TN
Received 29 May 2024The Old Vicarage Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LJ
Received 22 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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