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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9,512 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Hartwell Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 24 Jul 202526 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 25 Jul 2025107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 25 Jul 20252 Trinity Court High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ER
Received 25 Jul 2025Charlton House Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF
Received 25 Jul 2025Flyaway Cottage Holyhead Road Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HX
Received 27 Jul 2025Garage Site Alpha Way Great Wyrley
Received 28 Jul 2025Japonica House Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 28 Jul 2025Shiloh Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 28 Jul 202590 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LA
Received 28 Jul 2025Lane Green Farm Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LP
Received 16 Jul 2025Mansion Court Heath House Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Land To The Rear Of 169 Kingsley Road Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 22 Jul 2025Land At 392863 319269 Mill Lane Acton Trussell
Received 29 Jul 2025Tall Trees 1 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 23 Jul 202524 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RR
Received 29 Jul 2025Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 29 Jul 2025Beeches Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AA
Received 30 Jul 2025Trees On The Boundary Of Wombourne Cricket Tennis And Bowling Club Church Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Martin McColls Huntington Post Office Stafford Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NU
Received 31 Jul 202523 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 31 Jul 202540 Queens Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DT
Received 31 Jul 202571 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DJ
Received 31 Jul 202515 Chapel Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EJ
Received 31 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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