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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.
9,497 approved · 1,453 refused · 580 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 25 Jun 2025Longford House Teddesley Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RH
Received 27 Jun 202538 Moor Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DN
Received 27 Jun 2025Garage Site Alpha Way Great Wyrley
Received 27 Jun 202524 Bargate Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BB
Received 27 Jun 202526 Bargate Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BB
Received 27 Jun 20252 Market Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UJ
Received 27 Jun 20252 Market Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UJ
Received 27 Jun 2025The Cottage Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 27 Jun 2025Barratts Coppice Farmhouse Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6QY
Received 27 Jun 202583 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HD
Received 27 Jun 2025143 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RY
Received 30 Jun 2025Lawnswood Farm Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QL
Received 30 Jun 2025Garages And Parking Area CP4 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 1 Jul 202521 Foster Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EB
Received 1 Jul 2025Unit 1� Station Road Four Ashes Wolverhampton WV10 7DG
Received 1 Jul 202520 Bargate Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EG
Received 1 Jul 202526 Rosemary Avenue Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DX
Received 2 Jul 202549 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 25 Jun 2025Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 24 Jun 202523 Oatlands Way Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XW
Received 2 Jul 202549 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 30 Jun 2025Land To Rear Of Holly Bush Inn Ebstree Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JE
Received 2 Jul 20252 Hussey Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TB
Received 2 Jul 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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