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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9,512 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Chase Gate Wolverhampton Road Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SY
Received 11 Jul 2025Goods Yard Goods Station Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AU
Received 11 Jul 2025Narruc House Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 11 Jul 2025The Hayloft Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WV10 7PR
Received 12 Jul 2025Land At Wolverhampton Airport Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DY
Received 14 Jul 202511 Foxlands Drive Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NB
Received 30 Jun 2025102 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 14 Jul 2025SI Group UK Ltd Gravelly Way Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BT
Received 14 Jul 2025Meadowbrook Barn Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 2 Jul 202534 Holly Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AQ
Received 4 Jul 2025Sorelle 3 The Square Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 14 Jul 2025Sorelle 3 The Square Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 14 Jul 2025Jacol Bell Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JB
Received 14 Jul 2025Staffordshire County Council Marshbrook First School Teddesley Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5BA
Received 15 Jul 2025Land To Rear Of Holly Bush Inn Ebstree Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JE
Received 15 Jul 202516 Mill Fields Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LB
Received 16 Jul 2025Langholm 18 Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6NA
Received 16 Jul 202574 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DW
Received 16 Jul 202514 Battlefield Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JJ
Received 16 Jul 2025The Oaken Arms Holyhead Road Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HX
Received 16 Jul 2025Land At 385575 285371 Little Orchard Greensforge Lane Stourton
Received 16 Jul 2025Barns To The Rear Of Alson Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DH
Received 16 Jul 2025Bradshaws Farm The Farm Shop Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HS
Received 17 Jul 20255 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 17 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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