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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.
9,356 approved · 1,423 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Manor House Seisdon Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ER
Received 15 Apr 2025Land North East Of Dippons Lane Perton Staffordshire
Received 16 Apr 2025Great Chatwell House Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BJ
Received 16 Apr 202536 Stourton Crescent Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RR
Received 16 Apr 20251 Meadowbrook Gardens Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1GN
Received 9 Apr 2025Land At Silver Birch Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4QN
Received 4 Apr 2025Hall And Pickles Richard Hall House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AL
Received 16 Apr 2025Staffordshire County Council Havergal C E Primary School School Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LE
Received 21 Apr 2025AMP Clean Energy Unit 4E Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DB
Received 22 Apr 202518 Widgeon Grove Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7UA
Received 23 Apr 2025Brineton Court Brineton Shifnal TF11 8NQ
Received 2 Apr 20255 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 8 Apr 20255 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 8 Apr 20252 Friars Gorse New Wood STOURBRIDGE South Staffordshire DY7 6SP
Received 11 Apr 20251 The Crescent 20 Low Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DS
Received 14 Apr 2025Mount Pleasant Farmhouse Wolverhampton Road Acton Gate STAFFORD ST18 9AA
Received 24 Apr 2025New Buildings Farm Stoney Lane Dunston Heath STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 24 Apr 20256 Nursery Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AT
Received 24 Apr 2025Rushall Hall 20 School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 9 Apr 2025Land To The Rear Of 169 Kingsley Road Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 14 Apr 2025Ibstock Redhurst Quarry Warstone Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AR
Received 16 Apr 2025Walmsley Court High Street Kinver
Received 15 Apr 2025Longridge School Levedale Road Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AL
Received 28 Apr 2025Old Manor House Seisdon Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ER
Received 15 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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