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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.
9,217 approved · 1,397 refused · 554 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Jedburgh Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XR
Received 24 Feb 2025Lynton St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To 95 Joeys Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JJ
Received 20 Feb 202546 Wombourne Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NA
Received 3 Mar 2025Camden Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AQ
Received 4 Mar 20251 Almond Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4QL
Received 4 Mar 202511 Maythorn Gardens Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1GQ
Received 4 Mar 20254 Manor House Park Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1ES
Received 25 Feb 2025Himley House Hotel Wolverhampton Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LD
Received 5 Mar 202546 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PJ
Received 28 Feb 2025Vicarage Road And Adjacent Land Calf Heath South Staffordshire
Received 5 Mar 202583 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HD
Received 1 Mar 202551 Strathmore Crescent Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AR
Received 5 Mar 2025Woodfield Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HA
Received 6 Mar 202531 Redcliffe Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JE
Received 6 Mar 2025The Dingle Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BY
Received 6 Mar 2025Ellesmead Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 7 Mar 202543 Spenser Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QQ
Received 7 Mar 20256 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 7 Mar 20259 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 7 Mar 202510 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 7 Mar 20258 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 7 Mar 2025Proposed Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 7 Mar 2025Lapley Hall Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JR
Received 7 Mar 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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