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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 4 Jul 20248 Drive Fields Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XY
Received 2 Jul 2024Himley Hall Himley Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4DF
Received 3 Jul 2024The Shrubbery Rest Home 126 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DW
Received 4 Jul 202425 Micklewood Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JE
Received 5 Jul 2024Lichfield Fire And Safety Unit 8 Calibre Industrial Park Laches Close Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DZ
Received 5 Jul 202425 Wootton Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8BF
Received 6 Jul 2024Bridge House Hotel Stone Cross Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AS
Received 6 Jul 2024Newlands House New Landywood Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AW
Received 7 Jul 2024Land At 380814 283336 Beacon Lane Start Green
Received 8 Jul 2024Loneacre 128 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 2 Jul 2024Donegal Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QL
Received 4 Jul 2024Recreation Ground Station Street Cheslyn Hay WS6 7EA
Received 4 Jul 2024The Rectory Vicarage Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HJ
Received 4 Jul 20246 Lloyd Drive Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NJ
Received 8 Jul 2024Claverley House Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 9 Jul 2024Orton Grange Stables Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XA
Received 10 Jul 2024Orton Grange Stables Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XA
Received 10 Jul 202446 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TA
Received 10 Jul 202411 Waverley Gardens Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EB
Received 11 Jul 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 11 Jul 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 11 Jul 202472B Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 7LH
Received 11 Jul 202450 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RR
Received 12 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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