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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9,512 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ridgewood Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 17 Jul 2025Beech Tree House 16 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 17 Jul 2025The Moat House Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 18 Jul 2025Stourbridge Lodge Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AQ
Received 18 Jul 2025Stourbridge Lodge Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AQ
Received 18 Jul 202510 Laburnum Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BJ
Received 20 Jul 2025Roundhill Anaerobic Digestion Facility Lloyd Way, Off A449 Kinver Stourbridge DY7 6NZ
Received 21 Jul 202517 Salters Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7FE
Received 21 Jul 2025203 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 21 Jul 2025The Old Rectory Church Lane Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LL
Received 21 Jul 2025Magazine Field Magazine Lane (Off Long Street) Wheaton Aston STAFFORD
Received 21 Jul 202531 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 21 Jul 2025Mimosa House Therapy Mimosa House Stafford Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 21 Jul 20258 Newgate Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AG
Received 22 Jul 2025Brewood Cricket Club Four Ashes Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HX
Received 7 Jul 2025Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 22 Jul 2025Stourbridge Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Limited Stourbridge Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Sugarloaf Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PS
Received 26 Jul 202529 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SZ
Received 22 Jul 2025Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay
Received 22 Jul 2025Tree Preservation Order 3 1957 Hilton Cross Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON
Received 22 Jul 202519 St Benedicts Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HP
Received 23 Jul 2025Wolverhampton West BESS Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XX
Received 23 Jul 2025Langley Lodge Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XS
Received 23 Jul 202515 Telford Gardens Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ED
Received 23 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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