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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.
9,183 approved · 1,392 refused · 551 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 18 Feb 2025Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 18 Feb 20257 Apse Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8BW
Received 18 Feb 2025Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WV5 0AL
Received 18 Feb 20251 Perton Court Cottages Pattingham Road Wightwick WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 8DD
Received 5 Feb 202525 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 19 Feb 202534 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 11 Feb 20252 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HN
Received 11 Feb 2025Garage Site School Close Trysull
Received 19 Feb 202534 Foster Crescent Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EA
Received 19 Feb 202511 Greenacres Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AB
Received 20 Feb 202530 High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BH
Received 12 Feb 2025Wyevale Garden Centres Limited Wyevale Bridgnorth Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EJ
Received 20 Feb 2025The Cottage Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HU
Received 12 Feb 2025Land South Of Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay
Received 20 Feb 2025Garage Site Lime Tree Road Bilbrook
Received 20 Feb 202588 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 20 Feb 20258 Woodman Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7ET
Received 21 Feb 2025Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 21 Feb 2025White Cottage Ivetsey Bank Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AE
Received 21 Feb 20254 High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 22 Feb 2025Four Oaks Pool House Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AZ
Received 22 Feb 202523 Water Meadow Way Wheaton Aston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST19 9FJ
Received 24 Feb 2025The Star Inn Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DJ
Received 24 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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