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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.
8,991 approved · 1,356 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Blackladies Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 11 Oct 2024Tamar Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 12 Oct 202420 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 14 Oct 2024Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 14 Oct 202424A Pinfold Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HP
Received 10 Oct 20241 Woodland View Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PH
Received 11 Oct 2024Junction 11 Motors Limited Shareshill Service Station Cannock Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LZ
Received 15 Oct 20248 Littlewood Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EJ
Received 11 Oct 2024Land To The Rear Of Ye Olde White Harte High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 15 Oct 2024Pear Tree Farm Stafford Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4PE
Received 15 Oct 202445A Princes Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DH
Received 16 Oct 2024West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 15 Oct 2024Deers Leap Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 16 Oct 202436 Lytham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7YY
Received 17 Oct 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 17 Oct 2024Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 17 Oct 2024138 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 17 Oct 2024Stourton Cottage Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BH
Received 18 Oct 2024Charlton House Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF
Received 18 Oct 2024Brewood Hall Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 18 Oct 20246 Arps Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1SH
Received 11 Oct 2024Roost Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 18 Oct 202414 Blount Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JJ
Received 18 Oct 2024Appledore Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 18 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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