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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.
9,199 approved · 1,396 refused · 554 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Star Inn Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DJ
Received 24 Feb 2025The Old Farmhouse The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BF
Received 25 Feb 202519 Sandringham Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EF
Received 25 Feb 2025Forget Me Not Club Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BX
Received 25 Feb 202528 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 25 Feb 202546 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 26 Feb 20251 Anson Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6JE
Received 26 Feb 2025Lloyd Farm Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NG
Received 26 Feb 202534 Green Oak Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LB
Received 17 Feb 202531 Stafford Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 26 Feb 2025Vacant Mary Bond Court Wombourne WV5 8DA
Received 26 Feb 202539 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 18 Feb 2025Toh Heights Church Lane Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1RR
Received 27 Feb 202536 Millfields Way Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8HP
Received 27 Feb 2025Japonica House Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 27 Feb 2025Primrose Cottage Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PJ
Received 27 Feb 202510 Spires Croft Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JH
Received 27 Feb 2025Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 27 Feb 2025The Beeches Hampton Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LP
Received 28 Feb 2025Square House Boarding Kennels And Cattery Square House Cannock Road Mansty STAFFORD ST19 5SA
Received 28 Feb 2025Ellesmead Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 28 Feb 20259 Stanley Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TG
Received 28 Feb 20259 Hall Meadow Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1TB
Received 3 Mar 202560 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AN
Received 23 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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