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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.
9,115 approved · 1,381 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Shrubbery Rest Home 126 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DW
Received 15 Jan 2025Donegal Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QL
Received 15 Jan 202512 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TA
Received 15 Jan 2025Staffordshire County Council Foley Infants School Fairfield Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EW
Received 14 Jan 202513 Elms Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JS
Received 15 Jan 20251 Merchant Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EF
Received 23 Jan 2025VIP Hair Limited Ground Floor Welcome House High Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL
Received 23 Jan 202532 Grasmere Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PW
Received 24 Jan 2025Granary Cottage Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Off Four Ashes Road Brewood Stafford
Received 27 Jan 2025Holloway House Farm Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY7 5AR
Received 29 Jan 202529 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SZ
Received 30 Jan 2025Highgate Farm Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BS
Received 30 Jan 2025Moseley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HY
Received 30 Jan 202556 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DN
Received 31 Jan 2025Silver Birches Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AW
Received 31 Jan 202516 Shop Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AX
Received 28 Jan 202524 Oak Drive Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ET
Received 3 Feb 2025Land North Of Offoxey Road Bishops Wood ST19 9AF
Received 3 Feb 2025284 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QG
Received 4 Feb 2025Great Saredon Farm Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 4 Feb 2025Rushall Hall 20 School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 4 Feb 2025433 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HZ
Received 4 Feb 2025Rookery Cottage Blymhill Road Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LS
Received 5 Feb 2025Records 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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