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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Hinksford Substation Hinksford Lane Hinksford Kingswinford DY6 0BA
Received 19 Dec 2025The Lion Hotel Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DX
Received 19 Dec 2025Ellesmead Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 19 Dec 2025Little Moor Cottage 44 Moor Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AS
Received 19 Dec 2025Land To The North East Of Gravelly Way Four Ashes
Received 19 Dec 20258 Yemscroft Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AF
Received 20 Dec 202566 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 21 Dec 2025Barley Mow Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5JN
Received 22 Dec 202511 Holloway Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0PA
Received 22 Dec 2025Keepers Coppice Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TU
Received 22 Dec 2025Springslade Works Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SG
Received 22 Dec 2025Energyst Rental Solutions Unit 4E Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DB
Received 22 Dec 202572 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 22 Dec 2025Ellesmead Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 22 Dec 2025Land Off Boscomoor Lane Penkridge
Received 22 Dec 2025The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL
Received 22 Dec 2025New Buildings Farm Stoney Lane Dunston Heath STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 23 Dec 2025The Farmhouse New Buildings Farm Stoney Lane Dunston Heath STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 23 Dec 2025New Buildings Farm Stoney Lane Dunston Heath STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 23 Dec 202523 Princes Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DJ
Received 17 Dec 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 19 Dec 2025Great Saredon Farm Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 23 Dec 20257 Round Hill Farm Cottages Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PH
Received 26 Dec 2025Westacres Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HQ
Received 27 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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