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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.
9,472 approved · 1,450 refused · 574 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Wiscombe Avenue Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EH
Received 18 Jun 202512 Chapel Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LR
Received 18 Jun 2025Three Ridings Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 18 Jun 202583 - 85 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 18 Jun 202532 Sutherland Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BS
Received 19 Jun 2025Lane Green Farm Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LP
Received 7 Jun 2025Land Off Chatwell Lane Great Chatwell TF10 9BJ
Received 19 Jun 2025Woodford Cottage Woodford Lane Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HP
Received 19 Jun 2025101 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RP
Received 13 Jun 20252 Mercian Way Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JY
Received 21 Jun 202522 Sytch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0NF
Received 23 Jun 2025The Ferns Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EY
Received 23 Jun 2025Da Ru Fentonhouse Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NY
Received 23 Jun 2025Brinsford Lodge East Road Brinsford
Received 23 Jun 2025Substation Latherford Close Four Ashes
Received 23 Jun 2025Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 24 Jun 2025Withymead Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 24 Jun 2025Sunnymead Wynne Crescent Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4SW
Received 24 Jun 202534 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 24 Jun 2025Cross Green Farm Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 24 Jun 202528 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 24 Jun 2025The Cottage Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QJ
Received 25 Jun 2025The Cottage Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QJ
Received 25 Jun 20257 Farway Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2QA
Received 16 Jun 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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