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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.
9,011 approved · 1,359 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Codsall Cricket Club Codsall Village Hall Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 19 Oct 2024Himley Hall Himley Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4DF
Received 15 Oct 202423 Glendale Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HD
Received 17 Oct 2024Shrewton High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BH
Received 18 Oct 2024Former Great Wyrley Community Support Unit 156 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 21 Oct 2024203 - 205 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 21 Oct 2024Tudor House Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 22 Oct 2024New Earth Farm Bickford Road Bickford STAFFORD ST19 5QJ
Received 23 Oct 2024Wolgarston Farm Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RY
Received 23 Oct 20243 Boleyn Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LW
Received 24 Oct 202467 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 17 Oct 2024Land At 392661 306533 Oaklands Farm New Road Featherstone
Received 24 Oct 2024Turtles Nursery Penkridge Limited Turtles Nursery Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DR
Received 24 Oct 2024Goods Yard Goods Station Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AU
Received 24 Oct 20241 Cheslyn Drive Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DU
Received 21 Oct 2024Woolley Farm Hyde Mill Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DJ
Received 24 Oct 202473 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SZ
Received 25 Oct 202445 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 28 Oct 202468 Sandringham Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EF
Received 28 Oct 2024Brewood Medical Centre Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 28 Oct 2024The Cottage Bickford Road Bickford STAFFORD ST19 5QJ
Received 28 Oct 2024Weatheroaks Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 28 Oct 202429 South Crescent Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AU
Received 28 Oct 2024Church Farm Old Coach Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AD
Received 28 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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