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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Red White And Blue Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AD
Received 31 Jul 2024SI Group UK Ltd Gravelly Way Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BT
Received 31 Jul 2024Anujaan Restaurant Stafford Road Huntington WALSALL WS12 4NQ
Received 24 Jul 20242 White Harte Caravan Site High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HN
Received 1 Aug 202485 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BU
Received 1 Aug 202458 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DJ
Received 1 Aug 2024Loades Business Park Holly Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6BD
Received 1 Aug 2024Red Lion Inn Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BJ
Received 2 Aug 202423 Salters Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7FE
Received 4 Aug 2024Land At 396056 311449 Off Dead Mans Lane Leading To Parkside Lane Hatherton
Received 4 Aug 2024Lyndale Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 5 Aug 2024Lyndale Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 5 Aug 202426 Littlewood Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EU
Received 6 Aug 2024The Bower House Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JP
Received 26 Jul 2024New House Broadwell Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BP
Received 6 Aug 2024Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 6 Aug 2024The Stables Teddesley Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RH
Received 29 Jul 2024Broom Hall Shutt Green Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LX
Received 8 Aug 20241 Headingley Drive Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PG
Received 1 Aug 2024Fordbrook Cottage Furnace Grange Road Trescott WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XL
Received 9 Aug 202412 Lords Lane Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PE
Received 1 Aug 2024Charles Swann Coal Merchants Old Landywood Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AP
Received 5 Aug 202490 Bellbrook Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DL
Received 12 Aug 2024Unit D Vernon Park Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HW
Received 13 Aug 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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