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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.
9,512 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 3 Jul 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 20 Jun 2025Oakley Farm Blackhalve Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BB
Received 4 Jul 2025Livorno Holly Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AR
Received 5 Jul 20251 Hunters Court Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 5 Jul 202550 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HL
Received 6 Jul 2025Rickyard House Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 7 Jul 202524 Crestwood Park Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JD
Received 7 Jul 2025No 1 Holding Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 7 Jul 2025Agricultural Land Off Long Lane Dunston Heath
Received 7 Jul 20257 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 8 Jul 202526 Sunbeam Drive Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LX
Received 8 Jul 202516 School Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AJ
Received 8 Jul 2025Phoenix House St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 8 Jul 2025Tudor Cottages 3-4 High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DN
Received 8 Jul 202556 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 8 Jul 20256 Penderell Close Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BQ
Received 4 Jul 202511 Severn Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QN
Received 30 Jun 2025Abbeyfield House Windsor Gardens Codsall WV8 2EX
Received 9 Jul 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 9 Jul 2025Land Rear Of The Summer House Bell Road Trysull WV5 7JB
Received 10 Jul 2025The Blackladies Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 10 Jul 2025Wightwick And Finchfield Cricket Club Castlecroft Road Castlecroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8NA
Received 10 Jul 2025The Crofts Cannock Road Pillaton STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 10 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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