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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.
9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jan 2007 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
160 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BL
Received 11 Feb 2026Ruma Saya Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 11 Feb 2026Little Moor Cottage 44 Moor Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AS
Received 12 Feb 2026Hilton Colliery Farm Red Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DZ
Received 12 Feb 2026Hilton Park Arena & Stables Hilton Park Essington Wolverhampton WV11 2BQ
Received 12 Feb 202677 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DN
Received 12 Feb 2026The Plough House 15 Plough Meadows Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HU
Received 12 Feb 2026South Staffordshire PCT Gravel Hill Surgery Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 12 Feb 20262 Market Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 13 Feb 2026BARCLAYS 1 Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 13 Feb 202616 Coppice Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EZ
Received 14 Feb 202610 Heathbank Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NY
Received 14 Feb 202614 Bedingstone Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TE
Received 16 Feb 2026Bio-Digester Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge
Received 16 Feb 2026Allotment Gardens Watery Lane Codsall Wolverhampton
Received 16 Feb 202633 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 17 Feb 2026The Coach House Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HY
Received 11 Feb 202650 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SB
Received 17 Feb 2026Holly Bush Inn Ebstree Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JE
Received 17 Feb 2026Land At Feiashill Road Trysull WV5 7HT
Received 17 Feb 2026Apple Tree Cottage Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 17 Feb 202665 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 18 Feb 2026B S Eaton Ltd Coppice Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EY
Received 18 Feb 2026Records 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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