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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aspley Farm Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PZ
Received 12 Jul 2024Aspley Farm Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PZ
Received 12 Jul 20247 Redcliffe Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JE
Received 13 Jul 20248 Elms Close Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JT
Received 13 Jul 2024Elan Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 16 Jul 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 16 Jul 2024Holly Cottage Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 17 Jul 20246 Horton Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AL
Received 10 Jul 2024Willow Brook Cottage The Fold Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EX
Received 17 Jul 20249 Thelwell Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON South Stafordshire WV8 1FD
Received 7 May 202426 Elmhurst Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DX
Received 17 Jul 202490 Norton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NU
Received 17 Jul 202414 Forge Valley Way Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JT
Received 17 Jul 202415 Stourton Crescent Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RR
Received 17 Jul 2024Land South Of White Hill Kinver
Received 17 Jul 2024Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 18 Jul 2024Tree Tops School Lane COVEN WV9 5AN
Received 18 Jul 2024The Bull Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PU
Received 18 Jul 2024Doveleys Farm Sandy Lane Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1RW
Received 18 Jul 2024Nationwide 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 18 Jul 2024123 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 18 Jul 2024Nationwide 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 18 Jul 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 19 Jul 2024EMCO Assests Limited Unit 31 Essington Industrial Estate Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BJ
Received 19 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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