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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Midlands Interchange Land South Of Straight Mile And Land North Of Straight Mile.
Received 28 Aug 2025Bellbrook Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QS
Received 29 Aug 20253 Raglan Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RZ
Received 29 Aug 2025Park Farm Newport Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AJ
Received 30 Aug 202540 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 30 Aug 2025Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 30 Aug 2025Elmhurst Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QP
Received 1 Sept 20253 Church Farm Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5LY
Received 26 Aug 2025Red White And Blue Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AD
Received 2 Sept 202510 Oaktree Rise Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DP
Received 26 Aug 2025West Midlands Interchange Land At And South Of The A5 Watling Street, South Staffordshire
Received 2 Sept 2025Land At 388551 308143 Port Lane Brewood
Received 2 Sept 2025White Lodge Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 2 Sept 2025Far Park Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 3 Sept 2025Land At Wharf Lane Brewood
Received 3 Sept 2025112A Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EF
Received 3 Sept 2025The Old Farmhouse The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BF
Received 4 Sept 2025Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 4 Sept 20254 Whittington Hall Cottages Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PF
Received 4 Sept 20257 Wood Lane Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SZ
Received 4 Sept 2025Coven Coppice Lawn Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BA
Received 4 Sept 2025Stone Cottage Teddesley Park Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RJ
Received 5 Sept 2025A J Sellman Ltd Sellmans Clay Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AF
Received 5 Sept 202579 Hilton Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AL
Received 5 Sept 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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