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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.
9,317 approved · 1,419 refused · 558 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 28 Mar 2025Chillington Hall Chillington Park Chillington WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RE
Received 28 Mar 202575 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 30 Mar 202524 Lydiate Hill Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BG
Received 30 Mar 202528 Birches Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JG
Received 31 Mar 2025Lower Snowdon Cottage Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HT
Received 31 Mar 2025Hampton Hill House Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JN
Received 31 Mar 2025Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 31 Mar 202568 Ravenhill Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BL
Received 31 Mar 2025Silverdale Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 31 Mar 202514 Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 31 Mar 2025Harvest Grove Brinsford Lodge East Road Brinsford WV10 7QD
Received 1 Apr 2025Bridge Wodehouse Lane Wombourne
Received 1 Apr 2025Rosewood Cottage 5 Hilton Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HU
Received 1 Apr 2025The Retreat 9 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BU
Received 1 Apr 20254 Gilpins Croft Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PE
Received 2 Apr 202520 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 2 Apr 202519 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 2 Apr 20258 Dunster Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RU
Received 28 Mar 202550 Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AE
Received 27 Mar 20254 High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 2 Apr 2025Land North East Of Hobnock Road Essington WV11 2RF
Received 3 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Bearnett House Bearnett Drive Penn WV4 5NN
Received 3 Apr 202512 Newgate Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AG
Received 28 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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