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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.
9,059 approved · 1,369 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Cottage 59 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 8 Nov 2024Beaumont House Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QP
Received 8 Nov 2024The Uplands Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EY
Received 15 Nov 2024The Cottage Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 18 Nov 202422 Crestwood Park Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JD
Received 18 Nov 2024The Old Post Office 6 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 18 Nov 2024Westcroft Special School Greenacres Avenue Wolverhampton West Midlands WV10 8NZ
Received 18 Nov 202422 College Way Brinsford WOLVERHAMPTON Staffordshire WV10 7FJ
Received 18 Nov 2024Grange Farm Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 19 Nov 2024Mary Bond Court Land Off Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 19 Nov 2024Wolgarston Farm Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RY
Received 19 Nov 2024Unit D Vernon Park Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HW
Received 19 Nov 2024West Mill Cottage Warstones Hill Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HH
Received 20 Nov 2024Cherry Dene Tom Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EN
Received 20 Nov 2024The Bungalow Croft Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PY
Received 19 Nov 202462 Heath Farm Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HT
Received 20 Nov 202411 Orchard Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AS
Received 18 Nov 2024Land South Of Modder Close Great Wyrley
Received 20 Nov 2024Garage Site School Close Trysull
Received 20 Nov 202438 Elliotts Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PG
Received 21 Nov 2024Four Ashes Industrial Estate Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DB
Received 21 Nov 2024Land Rear Of 20 Farleigh Road Perton
Received 22 Nov 2024Dunston Farm Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 22 Nov 2024Wolverhampton Chiropractic Clinic 72 Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LX
Received 24 Nov 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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