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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Newlands Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JB
Received 9 Jan 202612 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 12 Jan 2026Mount Pleasant Farmhouse Wolverhampton Road Acton Gate STAFFORD ST18 9AA
Received 12 Jan 2026Little Croft Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EW
Received 13 Jan 2026Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 13 Jan 202635 Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 14 Jan 2026Primrose Cottage Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JS
Received 14 Jan 2026Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 14 Jan 2026Borlange Whittamoor Lane Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AN
Received 15 Jan 202645 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EW
Received 8 Jan 2026Agricultural Building At Meadow Farm Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 15 Jan 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 15 Jan 2026Wyevale Garden Centres Limited Wyevale Bridgnorth Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EJ
Received 16 Jan 2026Lowlands Farm Queens Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DT
Received 16 Jan 202696 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LA
Received 17 Jan 202643 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 17 Jan 202636 Kirkstone Crescent Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EH
Received 18 Jan 2026Earlswood House Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NG
Received 18 Jan 2026Land To The Rear Of 183 Kingsley Road Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 19 Jan 2026The Lane House Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 19 Jan 202659 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SZ
Received 19 Jan 2026Former Adult Training Centre Histons Hill Codsall WV8 1AA
Received 19 Jan 20264 Knights Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JD
Received 20 Jan 2026NRS Saredon Quarry Limited Saredon Hill Quarry Saredon Road Little Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LJ
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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