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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 5 Dec 2025Husphins Farm Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 6 Dec 202574 Hawthorne Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DD
Received 1 Dec 2025White Pump Farm Watling Street Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9QU
Received 9 Dec 2025Poppins Pantry Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DX
Received 10 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To Hinksford Substation Hinksford Lane Hinksford Kingswinford DY6 0BA
Received 11 Dec 2025Land North Of Bridgnorth Road Wombourne
Received 11 Dec 2025Westcroft House Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QW
Received 12 Dec 2025Sollys Sett Crockington Lane Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EN
Received 13 Dec 202515 Sutherland Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PA
Received 15 Dec 20251 Princes Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DJ
Received 15 Dec 202556 Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AB
Received 15 Dec 2025New Acre Stables Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5PA
Received 16 Dec 2025Gander Cottage Frog Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NW
Received 16 Dec 2025Friars Gorse Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 17 Dec 2025190 Post Office Road Seisdon South Staffordshire WV5 7HA
Received 17 Dec 2025Oak Hollow Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1RY
Received 17 Dec 2025Hazeldene Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 17 Dec 2025Pound Piece School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 18 Dec 202520 Widgeon Grove Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7UA
Received 18 Dec 2025Dunsley Hall Hotel Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 18 Dec 2025Dunsley Hall Hotel Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 18 Dec 202545 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 18 Dec 2025Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 19 Dec 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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