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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.
9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jan 2007 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 12 Nov 202510 Hilton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DS
Received 7 Nov 202547 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Little Hyde Lane Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AF Hyde Lane Kinver
Received 13 Nov 2025Manor Barn 118 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JY
Received 13 Nov 2025Wolverhampton Company Of Archers Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DB
Received 7 Nov 202576 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XB
Received 13 Nov 2025Veolia ES Onyx Limited 1 Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DG
Received 13 Nov 202528 Blount Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JJ
Received 14 Nov 2025Woodlands Little Oaks Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QQ
Received 10 Nov 202518 Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AD
Received 14 Nov 202560 Hawksmoor Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TE
Received 10 Nov 202531 Cobham Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7JB
Received 14 Nov 2025The Cottage Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QJ
Received 14 Nov 202531 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 15 Nov 2025The Cottage Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 16 Nov 2025Hordern Lodge Ball Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HD
Received 16 Nov 2025253 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NH
Received 17 Nov 202538 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BP
Received 13 Nov 202530 Histons Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ET
Received 13 Nov 2025Round Hill Cottage Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 17 Nov 2025Grove Cottage Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HX
Received 17 Nov 2025Trotters End Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 17 Nov 202510 Gardeners Way Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BX
Received 17 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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