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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9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Leveson Avenue Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BN
Received 5 Mar 202612 Maypole Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9JB
Received 5 Mar 202624 Engleton Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DY
Received 5 Mar 2026Springslade Works Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SG
Received 6 Mar 2026Poplars Farm Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QP
Received 6 Mar 2026Overhead Lines At Wheelers Rest Comber Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HT
Received 26 Feb 2026Peppers Prospect County Lane Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AS
Received 6 Mar 2026Whitehall Wolverhampton Road Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LB
Received 4 Mar 2026Stretton Service Station Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LN
Received 6 Mar 20268 Danes Close Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2TQ
Received 7 Mar 202648 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 8 Mar 2026Graveyard St Marys Church School Lane Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LH
Received 9 Mar 2026Westcroft House Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QW
Received 4 Mar 2026The Habit Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 10 Mar 2026The Habit Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 10 Mar 2026Paradise Cottage Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 10 Mar 202646 Swinforge Way Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4NE
Received 11 Mar 202612 Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AQ
Received 11 Mar 2026Land Off Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 2026126 Wombourne Park Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LY
Received 12 Mar 2026Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LW
Received 12 Mar 2026Aspley Farm Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PZ
Received 12 Mar 2026Aspley Farm Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PZ
Received 12 Mar 2026Bilbrook Rose Care Home Carter Avenue Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HQ
Received 12 Mar 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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