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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8,909 approved · 1,329 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Engleton Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DZ
Received 15 Aug 2024The Granary Pillaton Lane Pillaton STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 16 Aug 2024The Barn White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AS
Received 18 Aug 2024Bumblehole Bridge And Lock 22 Bumblehole Meadows Wombourne
Received 19 Aug 2024Bobbington Mills Lutley Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DE
Received 19 Aug 20241 Turnham Green Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TA
Received 13 Aug 2024Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 20 Aug 202414 Dunlin Drive Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TG
Received 21 Aug 2024Lapley Wood Farm Lapley Wood Stretton Road Wheaton Aston ST19 9ND
Received 21 Aug 2024Old Pigsty Sandy Lane Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AF
Received 24 Aug 2024Nationwide Staffordshire House Clay Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AF
Received 28 Aug 2024Nationwide Staffordshire House Clay Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AF
Received 28 Aug 20243 Wodehouse Cottages Wodehouse Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BW
Received 28 Aug 202431 New Horse Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BH
Received 29 Aug 2024Campanula St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 1 Sept 2024Westbeech Manor Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 3 Sept 2024Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WV5 0AL
Received 3 Sept 2024Winrush Ball Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7EY
Received 3 Sept 2024WHP Telecommunications Land At Blackhalve Lane Essington
Received 4 Sept 2024Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 4 Sept 2024111 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SJ
Received 4 Sept 202410 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 5 Sept 2024Staffordshire County Council Kinver Library Vicarage Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HJ
Received 6 Sept 202427 Kings Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DU
Received 6 Sept 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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