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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Treetops Dental Surgery 52 Duck Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HF
Received 30 May 2024Land At 394452 311534 Micklewood Lane Penkridge
Received 28 May 2024Roots Allotment Site Sugarloaf Fields Sugarloaf Lane Iverley
Received 31 May 2024Roots Allotment Site Sugarloaf Fields Sugarloaf Lane Iverley
Received 31 May 2024Lydiates House Lydiates Farm Beacon Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 5NH
Received 29 May 202430 Coltsfoot View Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BG
Received 31 May 2024Brineton Court Brineton Shifnal TF11 8NQ
Received 1 Jun 202467 Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LS
Received 1 Jun 2024Ashcroft Meadow Lane Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RU
Received 3 Jun 2024The Pavillion Enville Cricket Ground Hall Drive Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HD
Received 31 May 2024Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 3 Jun 2024Browns Farm Kingsford Lane Kinver KIDDERMINSTER DY11 5SD
Received 4 Jun 2024Deans End 19 Newport Street Brewood ST19 9DT
Received 4 Jun 202411 Hawthorne Way Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JE
Received 4 Jun 202465 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 4 Jun 2024Palmers Cross Farm House Codsall Road Codsall WV6 9QG
Received 5 Jun 2024Park Farm Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 5 Jun 202412 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RG
Received 3 Jun 202437 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 5 Jun 2024Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 5 Jun 2024Bowcroft Cottage New Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DN
Received 7 Jun 2024Bowcroft Cottage New Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DN
Received 7 Jun 2024Mere Lane Farm Wolverhampton Road Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PJ
Received 7 Jun 2024Truckers Rest Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1SF
Received 7 Jun 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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