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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Rosewood Gardens Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DF
Received 22 Jul 202410 Histons Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ET
Received 22 Jul 2024Land At Cocksparrow Lane Huntington
Received 22 Jul 202465 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 23 Jul 2024Home Farm Kinver Road Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HH
Received 23 Jul 20243 The Old Rectory Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QG
Received 24 Jul 2024New House Broadwell Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BP
Received 25 Jul 2024Iverley Park Farm Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PU
Received 26 Jul 2024The Stables Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston
Received 26 Jul 20241 Wastwater Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PQ
Received 19 Jul 2024Land To The North Of Bradshaws Farm Shop Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HS
Received 22 Jul 2024Goods Yard Goods Station Lane Penkridge ST19 5AU
Received 23 Jul 2024Sundown Church Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DH
Received 24 Jul 20244 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QQ
Received 26 Jul 2024Himley House Hotel Wolverhampton Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LD
Received 26 Jul 202410 Greville Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HY
Received 28 Jul 202419 Shop Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EB
Received 28 Jul 2024Orchard House Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 28 Jul 202427 Foster Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EB
Received 29 Jul 2024Nurton Hall Farm House Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 29 Jul 2024A460 Land And Wall Adj To Cannock Road Featherstone Stafford WV10 7AD
Received 29 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Sandhills Day Nursery Springhill Lane Lower Penn
Received 30 Jul 202424 Oak Drive Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ET
Received 30 Jul 2024Pound Cottage 8 School Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LG
Received 23 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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