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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9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ashbury Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 17 Feb 2026Land North East Of Hobnock Road Essington
Received 18 Feb 202623 Manor Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NS
Received 18 Feb 2026Land To The North East Of Gravelly Way Four Ashes
Received 11 Feb 2026Codsall Cricket Club Codsall Village Hall Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 19 Feb 2026Land Adj 20 Kensington Gardens Off Bells Lane Wordsley
Received 18 Feb 2026Land Off Springhill Lane Lower Penn
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Hinksford Substation Hinksford Lane Hinksford Kingswinford DY6 0BA
Received 20 Feb 2026The Croft School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 20 Feb 2026Westbeech Manor Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 20 Feb 2026Hillcrest Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JA
Received 20 Feb 202648 Orchard Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1NE
Received 20 Feb 2026Land West Of Clive Road Pattingham WV6 7BU
Received 20 Feb 202630 Church Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EH
Received 22 Feb 202685 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DD
Received 23 Feb 202610 Willow Grove Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2JE
Received 23 Feb 2026Finnley Barns Church Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PG
Received 23 Feb 2026Rose Cottage Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QS
Received 19 Feb 2026Lifestyle Express Doal Food And News Long Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NF
Received 23 Feb 2026Chase View Cottage Acton Hill Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RY
Received 24 Feb 2026The Hollins Hawthorne Drive Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NQ
Received 24 Feb 2026115 Stafford Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NA
Received 24 Feb 2026The Granary Lyne Hill Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NT
Received 25 Feb 2026Unit 4E Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7BD
Received 25 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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