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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Greenlands Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DP
Received 3 Nov 2025Penkridge Storage Goods Yard Goods Station Lane Penkridge ST19 5AU
Received 31 Oct 202522 Buttermere Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PP
Received 27 Oct 20256 Linnet Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TP
Received 4 Nov 2025Gestamp West Midlands 2 Four Ashes Park Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7FH
Received 4 Nov 2025Sandhill Day Nursery Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 5 Nov 2025Damson Rest Church Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EF
Received 5 Nov 2025Barn To The South West Of OCL Direct Hinksford Lane Swindon DUDLEY DY6 0BH
Received 6 Nov 2025125 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SJ
Received 6 Nov 202548 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BX
Received 7 Nov 2025Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 7 Nov 2025The Farriers 119 Chatwell Lane Weston Cross Roads Blymhill NEWPORT TF10 9BN
Received 7 Nov 2025Croft Cottage School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 6 Nov 202567 Lane Green Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LS
Received 7 Nov 20252 Lower Drayton Cottages Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 8 Nov 2025Elmhurst Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QP
Received 10 Nov 202527 Water Meadow Way Wheaton Aston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST19 9FJ
Received 10 Nov 202511 Elliot Drive Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JQ
Received 30 Oct 20251 Turnberry Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RE
Received 10 Nov 2025The Mount Golf And Country Club Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HL
Received 4 Nov 2025Maythorn Cottage Harrisons Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PS
Received 11 Nov 202517 Jenks Avenue Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AQ
Received 5 Nov 2025The Square Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 5 Nov 2025Land Between Keepers Lane And Wergs Hall Road Codsall
Received 10 Nov 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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