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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.
8,934 approved · 1,337 refused · 524 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Coach House Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HY
Received 16 Sept 2024Lower Warstone Farm Old Warstones Lane Warstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AS
Received 16 Sept 2024Sage Barn 2 Victoria Barns Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PR
Received 17 Sept 2024Wyevale Garden Centres Limited Wyevale Bridgnorth Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EJ
Received 17 Sept 2024Jubilee Gardens High Street Kinver
Received 6 Sept 202414 Plover Close Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TF
Received 17 Sept 202492 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LA
Received 11 Sept 2024HMP Oakwood Oaks Drive Featherstone WV10 7QD
Received 17 Sept 2024Beathom Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AQ
Received 18 Sept 20244 Ednam Grove Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AZ
Received 16 Sept 2024Whitehall Wolverhampton Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LB
Received 13 Sept 2024Laneside 39 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 17 Sept 2024Rose Hill Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LN
Received 18 Sept 202410 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 18 Sept 2024Prah Bay Marlbrook Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BS
Received 17 Sept 2024Mullein Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DF
Received 17 Sept 202429 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 19 Sept 2024Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 18 Sept 2024Tinkers Cottage Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QP
Received 20 Sept 2024Wergs Hall Gardens Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HQ
Received 20 Sept 202461 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DL
Received 20 Sept 202424 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RG
Received 20 Sept 20242 And 4 Rudge Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BT
Received 13 Sept 202428 Edward Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NA
Received 20 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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