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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.
8,971 approved · 1,352 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Hollow Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1RY
Received 30 Sept 202428 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 1 Oct 2024Land Off College Farm Close (to The East Of Westbeech Road) Pattingham
Received 3 Oct 2024Overbury 1 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 23 Sept 2024Overbury 1 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 23 Sept 202420 Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AQ
Received 7 Oct 2024Kleinestal 1 Sandy Mews Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 7 Oct 2024Whittington Hall Lodge Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PD
Received 7 Oct 2024Whittington Hall Lodge Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PD
Received 7 Oct 202423 Stafford Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 7 Oct 2024The Warren 63 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 7 Oct 2024Knoll Cottage Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 8 Oct 2024MRH Retail Limited Gailey Service Station Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 8 Oct 2024Sunshine Farm Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AU
Received 8 Oct 2024Energyst Rental Solutions Unit 4E Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DG
Received 9 Oct 2024Latherford Close Four Ashes Wolverhampton WV10 7BZ
Received 9 Oct 20241-8 Element Court And Land At Hilton Cross Business Park Featherstone Wolverhampton WV10 7FE
Received 9 Oct 2024Land At Lawn Lane Coven
Received 9 Oct 2024Land South Of White Hill Kinver
Received 10 Oct 202462 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DJ
Received 11 Oct 2024Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 11 Oct 20246 Lower Lanes Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HH
Received 11 Oct 20249 Penkside Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BL
Received 11 Oct 2024Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay
Received 11 Oct 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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