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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9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fourwinds Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 13 Feb 2026Capulet House Lawnswood Road Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QP
Received 25 Feb 20262 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 26 Feb 2026Carisbrooke Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AQ
Received 27 Feb 202615 Brewood Road Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DA
Received 27 Feb 2026Land At Orton Hall Farm Flash Lane Orton WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TF
Received 27 Feb 2026Moseley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HY
Received 27 Feb 202627 Moons Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AY
Received 27 Feb 2026Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane Featherstone South Staffordshire
Received 27 Feb 2026Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 27 Feb 2026Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 27 Feb 2026The Pines Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 28 Feb 20268 Hellier Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AH
Received 2 Mar 202610 Badger Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UW
Received 2 Mar 20262 Marshbrook Cottages Blymhill Marsh Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8NW
Received 3 Mar 2026Langley Lawn Farm Boscobel Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QT
Received 3 Mar 202621 Broadacres Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AG
Received 3 Mar 2026Proposed Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 3 Mar 20261 Orchard Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AN
Received 4 Mar 2026Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 4 Mar 2026119 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LB
Received 4 Mar 2026Loades Business Park Holly Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6BD
Received 4 Mar 202629 Birches Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JG
Received 5 Mar 2026Land On West Side Of Toft Lane Coppenhall
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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