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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.
9,522 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jan 2007 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RT
Received 24 Mar 20263 Chatwell Lane Weston Cross Roads Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8JH
Received 13 Mar 2026Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 24 Mar 2026Wrottesley Home Farm Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 10 Mar 2026The Hayloft Brinsford Lane Slade Heath
Received 13 Mar 2026Preston Hill Solar Farm Preston Vale Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RA
Received 13 Mar 20262 Maple Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BT
Received 17 Mar 2026Orton Grange Stables Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XA
Received 25 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To South Cannock Farm Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6AD
Received 25 Mar 2026Old Drayton Farmhouse Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RD
Received 20 Mar 202618 Charters Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JH
Received 20 Mar 2026Clee House 14 Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6NA
Received 20 Mar 2026Land To The Rear Of 6 - 12 Long Lane Newtown WS6 6AU
Received 24 Mar 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 24 Mar 202615 Crestwood Park Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JD
Received 26 Mar 20262 Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 26 Mar 2026Treefell House Mill Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AY
Received 26 Mar 2026200 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QP
Received 26 Mar 20262 Hay House Court Whittamoor Lane Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 19 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Canal Long Street Wheaton Aston
Received 27 Mar 20263 Manor Fold Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 27 Mar 20262 Hay House Court Whittamoor Lane Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 19 Mar 2026The Woodlands Cannock Road Pillaton STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 27 Mar 2026Beacon Centre For The Blind Limited Cheadle House Stone Cross Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AS
Received 27 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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