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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.
9,100 approved · 1,375 refused · 540 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Staffordshire County Council Penkridge Middle School Marsh Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5BW
Received 18 Dec 202411 Stafford Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 13 Dec 202411 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 19 Dec 2024Jubilee Gardens High Street Kinver
Received 19 Dec 20241 Troon Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7YW
Received 19 Dec 2024Land Off Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 19 Dec 2024Keepers Coppice Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TU
Received 19 Dec 2024Land South Of Pottal Pool Lane And West Of Pillaton Lane Penkridge Stafford ST19 5RN
Received 19 Dec 2024Land At Orchard Farm - BESS Langley Road Lower Penn
Received 19 Dec 2024Agricultural Land Forming Part Of Lower Drayton Farm Grid Reference 393036 , 316306
Received 20 Dec 2024Land Off The Roughs The Roughs Dimmingsdale WV4 4XQ
Received 20 Dec 2024Land At OS 386717 291281 Wombourne Road Wombourne
Received 20 Dec 2024Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay
Received 20 Dec 202461 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DL
Received 21 Dec 2024Bednall Bank Cottage Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SH
Received 23 Dec 202420 Sneyd Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DU
Received 22 Dec 20243 Tuters Hill Cottages Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DU
Received 23 Dec 202459A Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AW
Received 23 Dec 2024Park Wall Cottages County Lane Kingswood
Received 23 Dec 2024Land At Lower Penn Wolverhampton
Received 23 Dec 202416 Lower Lanes Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HH
Received 24 Dec 2024The Haven School Limited Barn 8 Office 4 Dunston Business Village Dunston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST18 9FJ
Received 28 Dec 20242 Sutherland Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BS
Received 30 Dec 20241 Princes Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DJ
Received 31 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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