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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9,522 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Waverley Gardens Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EB
Received 27 Mar 20267 Globe Walk Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TZ
Received 30 Mar 2026Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 30 Mar 20262 Dean Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7YF
Received 30 Mar 20261 Featherstone Hall Barn New Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NW
Received 30 Mar 2026Garden Cottage Fullmoor Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SB
Received 30 Mar 2026Mill House Mill Lane Kinver
Received 31 Mar 2026Granary Farm Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 31 Mar 202625 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BL
Received 31 Mar 2026Land North Of B4176 Bridgnorth Road Himley
Received 31 Mar 20261 Oak Tree Gardens Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9NX
Received 31 Mar 20261 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 27 Mar 2026Land To The North Of Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 31 Mar 2026Wayside Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY8 2RX
Received 25 Mar 20265 Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 1 Apr 202619 Walk Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HH
Received 1 Apr 2026David Paradine Electrical Limited 55 High Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AD
Received 2 Apr 2026Turtles Nursery Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DR
Received 20 Mar 2026The Cottage Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 2 Apr 2026The Nursery The Bradshaws Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 2 Apr 2026Barns At Hilton Hall Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BQ
Received 2 Apr 2026The Anchorhold Wharf Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BG
Received 2 Apr 202644 Histons Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ET
Received 3 Apr 20266 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PQ
Received 5 Apr 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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