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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.
9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jan 2007 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Keepers Croft Levedale Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AT
Received 31 Jul 2025Paddock Cottage Mill Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LG
Received 3 Aug 202527 Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AD
Received 4 Aug 2025The White House Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 4 Aug 2025Redbourne St Michaels Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AH
Received 4 Aug 2025AFC Wulfrunians Wolverhampton Rugby Football Club Castlecroft Road Castlecroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8NA
Received 4 Aug 2025Squirrels Rest Poplar Lane Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1RS
Received 4 Aug 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 5 Aug 2025Borlange Whittamoor Lane Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AN
Received 5 Aug 2025Garage Site Rear Of 1-29 Bull Lane Link Road Wombourne
Received 5 Aug 2025Mill Barn 2 Stretton Mill Stretton Mill Road Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LH
Received 5 Aug 2025Land Between 45 And 49 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LH
Received 5 Aug 202514 Mill Fields Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LB
Received 25 Jul 202527 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Land Adjoining Village Hall The Green Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HW
Received 6 Aug 202510 Hyde Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AF
Received 6 Aug 2025Lock Cottage Botterham Lane Swindon WOLVERHAMPTON DY3 4RA
Received 7 Aug 2025Whittington Hall Lodge Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PD
Received 7 Aug 2025Sliema Greenhill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LD
Received 7 Aug 2025Rose Hill Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LN
Received 8 Aug 20251 Codsall Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BQ
Received 8 Aug 2025Dunsley Manor 48 Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LX
Received 8 Aug 202541 Kings Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DU
Received 8 Aug 2025Ex Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 8 Aug 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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