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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mulberry Cottage Hawthorne Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NG
Received 18 Jun 202460 Sneyd Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DX
Received 27 Jun 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 27 Jun 20244 Hillside Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AL
Received 27 Jun 2024Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 28 Jun 20244 Water Meadow Way Wheaton Aston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST19 9FJ
Received 28 Jun 2024Chequers Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 28 Jun 2024High Acres Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 28 Jun 20241 Beech Grove Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4QW
Received 30 Jun 202410 Downie Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JE
Received 24 Jun 2024Dunsley Hall Farm House Dunsley Hall Farm Barns Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 24 Jun 202435 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 24 Jun 2024125 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 27 Jun 2024The Coach House Oaken Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BD
Received 28 Jun 2024Unit 4 Vernon Park Cannock Road Featherstone WV10 7HP
Received 2 Jul 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 24 Jun 2024The Bull Ride Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 2 Jul 2024Knyghtwood Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DF
Received 2 Jul 2024Unit D Vernon Park Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HP
Received 2 Jul 2024The Bell Inn Bell Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JB
Received 3 Jul 2024The Haven Newport Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AJ
Received 3 Jul 2024Hunters Lodge Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 3 Jul 2024304 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DN
Received 3 Jul 20245 Oaken Covert Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BG
Received 4 Jul 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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