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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.
9,334 approved · 1,422 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mount House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QS
Received 28 Mar 2025Brewood Hall Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 3 Apr 2025Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 3 Apr 2025The Willows Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HE
Received 4 Apr 2025Glendene James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 4 Apr 2025Deans Hall Farm Hyde Mill Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DJ
Received 4 Apr 202533 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 5 Apr 2025Manor Barn 118 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JY
Received 5 Apr 2025Bellbrook Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QS
Received 7 Apr 202564 Billy Buns Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BP
Received 7 Apr 2025Land Around Preston Hill Farm Preston Vale Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RA
Received 7 Apr 2025The Farm Holding The Swan Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 7 Apr 2025Primrose Cottage Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PJ
Received 8 Apr 2025Long Birch Farm Port Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BE
Received 9 Apr 202553 Quinton Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LP
Received 9 Apr 2025Highgate 37 Bargate Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BB
Received 3 Apr 2025Conisbrough House The Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BS
Received 9 Apr 2025Land South Of Vicarage Road Calf Heath South Staffordshire
Received 9 Apr 2025Land Between Vicarage Road And Straight Mile Calf Heath South Staffordshire.
Received 9 Apr 2025V8 Trimz 4A Bilbrook Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EZ
Received 10 Apr 2025Oak View Croft Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PY
Received 11 Apr 2025304 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DN
Received 14 Apr 20253 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 2 Apr 2025107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 14 Apr 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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