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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9,513 approved · 1,453 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Veolia Environmental Services Limited Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DG
Received 22 Sept 20253 Church Farm Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5LY
Received 3 Oct 2025St Michaels And All Angels Church Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AW
Received 3 Oct 2025Land On North East Side Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 29 Sept 202512 The Pavement Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BZ
Received 3 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of 76-78 Feiashill Road Trysull WV5 7HN
Received 6 Oct 2025Garage Site Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook
Received 6 Oct 2025The Community Hub 49 Deansfield Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HT
Received 24 Sept 20255 Cocton Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7ND
Received 1 Oct 202519 Canford Crescent Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AF
Received 2 Oct 202510 Rushwater Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JW
Received 7 Oct 2025Wergs Hall Gardens Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Lychgate Lodge High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BQ
Received 8 Oct 2025Beaumont Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 8 Oct 202536 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 8 Oct 2025Silver Birches Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AW
Received 9 Oct 2025Coven Heath Nursery Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HE
Received 9 Oct 2025Brewood Hall Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 9 Oct 20252 Whiston Cottage Whiston Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 10 Oct 2025Grey House Farm 12 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 10 Oct 2025Street Record Mill Lane Weston Under Lizard
Received 10 Oct 2025Land On West Side Of Innovation Drive Pendeford
Received 10 Oct 2025Verge On East Side Of Valiant Way Bilbrook South Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 10 Oct 2025Sainsbury's Sainsbury's Store Heath Mill Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AQ
Received 10 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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