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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Broadacres Close Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BW
Received 20 Jan 202643 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HT
Received 21 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To 10 Ashley Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AX
Received 19 Jan 2026Lapley House Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 18 Jan 2026Land Adj Rock Cottage Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BH
Received 22 Jan 202626 Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AD
Received 22 Jan 202619 Gregorys Green Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BP
Received 22 Jan 20269 Olde Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LL
Received 22 Jan 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 21 Jan 2026Bilbrook Rose Care Home Carter Avenue Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HQ
Received 22 Jan 202632 Hyde Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AF
Received 22 Jan 202647 Long Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NF
Received 23 Jan 202619 Blundies Lane Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HU
Received 23 Jan 202624 Croydon Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DW
Received 23 Jan 20269 Brindley Brae Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LR
Received 23 Jan 2026Severn Trent Green Power Limited Roundhill Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Plant Gibbet Lane Whittington STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PX
Received 13 Jan 2026128 Wombourne Park Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LY
Received 19 Jan 2026Clive Farm Buildings Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 23 Jan 2026Land At Lawn Lane Coven
Received 23 Jan 2026Land South Of Lapley Road Wheaton Aston Stafford ST19 9QF
Received 23 Jan 2026Wayland Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DF
Received 24 Jan 2026Land Rear Of The White House Six Ashes Road Six Ashes BRIDGNORTH WV15 6EQ
Received 24 Jan 202660 Birches Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JR
Received 26 Jan 2026Farthings Hill Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AA
Received 26 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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