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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.
9,254 approved · 1,408 refused · 555 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Hawksmoor Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TE
Received 14 Mar 2025Council Chamber Building Civic Centre Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 14 Mar 202553 Penleigh Gardens Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EJ
Received 16 Mar 202510 Chestnut Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JF
Received 16 Mar 202515 Crestwood Park Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JD
Received 17 Mar 2025Conisbrough House The Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BS
Received 17 Mar 20253 Wodehouse Cottages Wodehouse Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BW
Received 17 Mar 20253 Wodehouse Cottages Wodehouse Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BW
Received 17 Mar 2025Southbound Layby Cannock Road Featherstone
Received 17 Mar 2025Brewood Cricket Club Four Ashes Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HX
Received 17 Mar 2025Woodhayes Holly Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 7AR
Received 17 Mar 202512 Nagington Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TA
Received 18 Mar 202512 Ringhills Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LN
Received 18 Mar 2025Square House Cannock Road Mansty
Received 18 Mar 202574 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DW
Received 18 Mar 20253 Tuters Hill Cottages Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DU
Received 18 Mar 20259 Carisbrooke Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UU
Received 18 Mar 202537 Springhill Park Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TS
Received 18 Mar 202574 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DW
Received 18 Mar 202524 New Horse Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BH
Received 18 Mar 2025Unit 13 South Staffordshire Business Park Hawkins Drive Cheslyn Hay CANNOCK WS11 0XU
Received 18 Mar 202511 Smallholding Barnhurst Lane Pendeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RS
Received 19 Mar 202518 Rudge Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BT
Received 20 Mar 202512 The Nurseries Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BZ
Received 20 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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