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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 12 Sept 2025Proposed Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 26 Sept 202511 Hall End Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BL
Received 29 Sept 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 29 Sept 2025143 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NL
Received 30 Sept 20255 School Courtyard Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5JQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Land On South West Side Of Cannock Road Bednall
Received 17 Sept 2025Waggon And Horses Public House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 24 Sept 20252 Lower Drayton Cottages Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 30 Sept 2025West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 30 Sept 202538 Four Ashes Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HX
Received 30 Sept 2025The Hawthorns High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 1 Oct 202533 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 2 Oct 202511 Johnsgate Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HZ
Received 2 Oct 20252 The Grazings Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JH
Received 2 Oct 2025Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 2 Oct 2025Land At Littywood Farm Dunston Coppenhall South Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 2 Oct 20251 Chapel Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EH
Received 3 Oct 2025Meadow Cottage Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SF
Received 3 Oct 2025Site Between 199 And 201 Enville Road Kinver
Received 3 Oct 2025West Midlands Interchange Bridges Over Staffordshire And Worcestershire Canal Four Ashes Industrial Estate
Received 3 Oct 202546 Wombourne Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NA
Received 3 Oct 2025Land On The West Side Of Orton Lane Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 3 Oct 20251 Westleigh Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BW
Received 3 Oct 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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