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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.
9,096 approved · 1,375 refused · 539 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hampton Hill House Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JN
Received 11 Dec 2024The White Horse Mount Pleasant Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AG
Received 11 Dec 2024Four Ashes Woodland Mere Lane Enville
Received 12 Dec 2024Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 12 Dec 2024Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 12 Dec 20245 - 7 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HE
Received 12 Dec 2024107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 12 Dec 2024Cedar Cottage Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 12 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To 28 Compton Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DN
Received 3 Dec 2024Proposed Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 6 Dec 2024Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 13 Dec 2024Saredon Farm House Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JD
Received 13 Dec 2024The Dingle Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BY
Received 13 Dec 2024Dunsley Hall Hotel Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 14 Dec 2024Dunsley Hall Hotel Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 14 Dec 202464 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TA
Received 15 Dec 202429 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 16 Dec 2024Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay
Received 16 Dec 2024Ground Floor Offices Durham House 73 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BZ
Received 17 Dec 2024Croft Farm Cottage Cartwright Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BF
Received 17 Dec 202484 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DU
Received 18 Dec 2024New House Farm Mitton Road Mitton STAFFORD ST18 9ED
Received 18 Dec 2024Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 18 Dec 2024Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 18 Dec 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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