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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.
9,234 approved · 1,405 refused · 555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LQ
Received 10 Mar 2025Wolverhampton West BESS Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XX
Received 10 Mar 202518 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 10 Mar 2025Land Off Penstone Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XE
Received 10 Mar 202566 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 11 Mar 2025Nursery Farm Chillington Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QF
Received 11 Mar 2025Land Off Penstone Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XE
Received 11 Mar 2025Knyghtwood Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DF
Received 11 Mar 202570 Templars Way Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HR
Received 12 Mar 2025Radwood Old Vicarage Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AD
Received 12 Mar 20253 The Appleyard Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EN
Received 12 Mar 20253 The Appleyard Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EN
Received 12 Mar 202510 Belvide Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AN
Received 28 Feb 2025Land At Premier Inn Watling Street Hatherton WS11 1SF
Received 12 Mar 2025Belvide Reservoir Watling Street Stretton
Received 6 Mar 2025The Burrow Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DB
Received 13 Mar 2025Pulse Clean Energy Penn Penstone Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XE
Received 13 Mar 2025Pulse Clean Energy Penn Penstone Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XE
Received 13 Mar 2025The Beeches Hampton Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LP
Received 13 Mar 2025Brockleys Walk Wood Brockleys Walk Kinver
Received 13 Mar 2025Mere Lane Farm Wolverhampton Road Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PJ
Received 13 Mar 2025Church Hill House Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HY
Received 13 Mar 2025Deans Hall Farm Hyde Mill Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DJ
Received 14 Mar 20252 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HN
Received 14 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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