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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.
9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Friars Gorse New Wood STOURBRIDGE South Staffordshire DY7 6SP
Received 16 Oct 20256 Nursery Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AT
Received 16 Oct 2025Pinehurst Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BG
Received 16 Oct 2025Earlswood House Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NG
Received 16 Oct 2025Burnhill Green Farmhouse Burnhill Green Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7JG
Received 16 Oct 2025Manor House Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 16 Oct 202523 Sedgley Road Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5LD
Received 17 Oct 2025Farthings Paddock Great Moor Road Pattingham WV6 7AU
Received 17 Oct 2025The Granary Pillaton Lane Pillaton STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 18 Oct 202550 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HL
Received 19 Oct 202535 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 20 Oct 2025Himley Park Himley Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4DF
Received 15 Oct 202511 Fairfield Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AB
Received 20 Oct 202521 Worcester Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XE
Received 5 Oct 2025Hollowmill Farm Swindon Road Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BJ
Received 20 Oct 2025The Coppice Gibraltar Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6NE
Received 20 Oct 2025Acton Close Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 21 Oct 2025Caravan Site Land South Of Brinsford Bridge Stafford Road Wolverhampton Coven Heath
Received 21 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of 149 Kingsley Road Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 2 Oct 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 21 Oct 202562 Brewood Road Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DL
Received 21 Oct 2025Brabourne Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EJ
Received 21 Oct 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 22 Oct 2025Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 22 Oct 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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