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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9,520 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off Westbeech Road Pattingham
Received 2 Feb 2026The Old Vicarage Vicarage Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HA
Received 2 Feb 20265 Ash Grove Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HP
Received 2 Feb 2026Land At Bearnett Lane Lower Penn
Received 23 Jan 2026The Ferns Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EY
Received 2 Feb 2026DFTP Limited First Floor Room 10 Gravel Hill House Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 2 Feb 20265 Manor Fold Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 29 Jan 2026Land To The East Of Bursnips Road Bursnips Road Essington Wolverhampton WV11 2RE
Received 3 Feb 2026Maythorn Cottage Harrisons Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PS
Received 3 Feb 2026Land On The North West Side Of 31 Deacons Field Brewood
Received 3 Feb 20261 Bank Top Cottage Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 3 Feb 20261 Codsall Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BQ
Received 3 Feb 2026145 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NL
Received 26 Jan 20262 Ringhills Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1LN
Received 31 Jan 2026Mitchells And Butlers The Anchor Inn Brewood Road Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PW
Received 3 Feb 2026Agricultural Land At Mansty Lane Penkridge
Received 4 Feb 202620 Wykeham Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TP
Received 4 Feb 2026Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 4 Feb 2026The Hollies Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ER
Received 4 Feb 2026Fernfields Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 4 Feb 2026Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 4 Feb 2026Land At The Copse The Oval Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BF
Received 4 Feb 2026Fox Hollies Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 28 Jan 2026Strangleford Birch Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 5 Feb 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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