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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
90 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DW
Received 5 Sept 2025187 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RH
Received 5 Sept 202543 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HT
Received 8 Sept 2025Kings Barn Blymhill Road Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LR
Received 8 Sept 2025Garage Site Lime Tree Road Bilbrook
Received 9 Sept 20254 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BP
Received 31 Aug 202534 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AA
Received 8 Sept 20251 Fairfield Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EW
Received 7 Sept 2025Great Wyrley Scouts And Guides 214 - 220 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Elwell Nurseries Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HX
Received 10 Sept 2025Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BN
Received 11 Sept 202516 Shop Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AX
Received 5 Sept 2025Cherry Lane Himley DY3 4LE
Received 12 Sept 20252 Bedingstone Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TE
Received 8 Sept 2025Leafields Farm Shutt Green Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LX
Received 13 Sept 2025Leafields Farm Shutt Green Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LX
Received 13 Sept 202536 Hawksmoor Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TE
Received 9 Sept 2025Broad Lane Farm Broad Lane Springhill WALSALL WS3 2TJ
Received 15 Sept 20252 Drive Fields Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XY
Received 15 Sept 2025Trotters End Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 15 Sept 2025Telecommunications Mast Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 16 Sept 202514 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HR
Received 16 Sept 202535 Low Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DS
Received 16 Sept 2025255 Castlecroft Road Castlecroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8NA
Received 16 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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