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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Whites Wood Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JU
Received 16 Sept 2025Mitchells And Butlers Limited The Vine High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DT
Received 16 Sept 2025Lyne Hill Nurseries Lyne Hill Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NT
Received 17 Sept 20251 Orchard Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AN
Received 18 Sept 202547 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9AP
Received 19 Sept 20255A Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 19 Sept 2025Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 20 Sept 2025Tudor Barn Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9AT
Received 20 Sept 2025Land Adj 15 Cotswold Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BU
Received 20 Sept 2025Mere Lane Farm Wolverhampton Road Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PJ
Received 20 Sept 202548 Birches Park Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DT
Received 22 Sept 2025Osier House 6 Vardons Keep WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 8AX
Received 22 Sept 2025Silverdale Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 22 Sept 2025Montague House Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QP
Received 22 Sept 202519 Pugin Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TT
Received 23 Sept 2025Luscombe Grange Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 18 Aug 2025Rear Of White Lodge Links Avenue Wolverhampton
Received 12 Sept 2025Robinia Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AN
Received 25 Sept 2025Meadowbrook Barn Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 16 Sept 2025The Hayloft Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 25 Sept 202517 Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BL
Received 18 Sept 2025Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 25 Sept 2025Ridge House Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 25 Sept 202557 Broadmeadow Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EH
Received 26 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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