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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9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Nationwide Building Society 1 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 12 Mar 2026Land At Mount Pleasant Farmhouse Wolverhampton Road Acton Gate
Received 13 Mar 202620 Grasmere Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PW
Received 16 Mar 2026Land East Of School Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AD
Received 16 Mar 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 15 Mar 2026Gestamp West Midlands 2 Four Ashes Park Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7FH
Received 17 Mar 2026The Star Inn Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DJ
Received 17 Mar 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 17 Mar 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 17 Mar 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 17 Mar 2026172 Sutherland Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BT
Received 18 Mar 20267 Oakleigh Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JP
Received 18 Mar 2026Woodford Cottage Woodford Lane Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HP
Received 18 Mar 202631 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BZ
Received 18 Mar 2026Manor Vale Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BJ
Received 19 Mar 2026Red White And Blue Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AD
Received 19 Mar 20261 Pear Tree Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4PF
Received 19 Mar 2026Orchard Cottage Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EN
Received 19 Mar 2026Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 20 Mar 202625 Redhill Avenue Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HF
Received 20 Mar 202631 Larkspur Drive Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TN
Received 20 Mar 2026Land Adjoining Bridge Cottage Teddesley Road Penkridge
Received 20 Mar 2026Orchard Cottage Six Ashes Road Six Ashes BRIDGNORTH WV15 6EL
Received 22 Mar 2026Allen Memorial Hall Mill Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton WV5 0LG
Received 23 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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