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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Redwood Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JF
Received 17 Nov 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 10 Nov 2025190 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QP
Received 18 Nov 20254 Lower Lanes Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HH
Received 13 Nov 202567 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DX
Received 18 Nov 20259 Balmoral Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AX
Received 17 Nov 2025Land At Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 8DD
Received 14 Nov 202514 Broadholes Lane Wheaton Aston WHEATON ASTON ST19 9NR
Received 18 Nov 20252 Avon Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QS
Received 18 Nov 2025Hedgerow On The East Side Of Lawn Lane Opposite Lawn Farm Coven
Received 18 Nov 2025Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 18 Nov 202510 Hillcrest Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JQ
Received 18 Nov 2025Dunston Farm Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 18 Nov 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 19 Nov 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 19 Nov 2025Southdown Prestwood Drive Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RZ
Received 19 Nov 20254 Market Place Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BS
Received 19 Nov 20254 Market Place Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BS
Received 19 Nov 2025Dovecote Barn Horse Bridge Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PA
Received 19 Nov 2025Land On The West Side Of Orton Lane Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 20 Nov 2025The Bell Inn Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LN
Received 20 Nov 2025Ruma Saya Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 20 Nov 2025Oak View New Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7ND
Received 20 Nov 2025Patshull Park And Parkland Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HR
Received 20 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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