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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.
8,918 approved · 1,330 refused · 522 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2007 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Staffordshire County Council Kinver Library Vicarage Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HJ
Received 6 Sept 2024Unit 4 Vernon Park Cannock Road Featherstone WV10 7HP
Received 10 Sept 2024Herons Reach Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AH
Received 10 Sept 20244 Sunbeam Drive Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LX
Received 10 Sept 20241 Coach Gardens Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NZ
Received 11 Sept 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 11 Sept 2024Gothic House Market Place Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DJ
Received 11 Sept 20244 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 11 Sept 2024Chadwell Park Farm Chatwell Lane Weston Cross Roads Blymhill NEWPORT TF10 9BN
Received 11 Sept 2024Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 12 Sept 2024Fair Haven Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HE
Received 12 Sept 20241 The Crescent Low Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DS
Received 5 Sept 2024Square House Cannock Road Mansty
Received 12 Sept 20247 Danes Close Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2TQ
Received 6 Sept 202470 - 71 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ER
Received 12 Sept 2024Land East Of Bilbrook Bilbrook South Staffordshire
Received 12 Sept 20242 Hampton Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LP
Received 10 Sept 2024Waggon And Horses Public House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 10 Sept 20247 Richards Court Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SP
Received 13 Sept 2024Elmhurst Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 13 Sept 202421 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 14 Sept 20246 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 15 Sept 20244 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 16 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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