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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.
9,523 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Foxlands Drive Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NB
Received 1 Apr 202625 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BL
Received 10 Apr 2026Plot Of Agrculultural Land Tinkers Lane Stafford Brewood ST19 9DD
Received 10 Apr 202687 Haling Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DA
Received 11 Apr 202636 Hilton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DS
Received 11 Apr 202635 Cedar Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BW
Received 12 Apr 2026Land At Littywood Farm Dunston Coppenhall South Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 13 Apr 202646 Whiteoaks Drive Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AH
Received 13 Apr 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 13 Apr 2026Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 13 Apr 202688 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 13 Apr 2026Church Hill Cottage Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 13 Apr 2026Boughton Engineering Balliol Business Park Balliol Road Pendeford WV9 5EU
Received 13 Apr 2026Pumping Station Dimmingsdale Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XF
Received 14 Apr 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 14 Apr 2026The Thatched Cottage Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 14 Apr 2026Old Manor House Seisdon Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ER
Received 14 Apr 2026The Warren 63 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 14 Apr 2026Nurton Hill Hall Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 14 Apr 20263 Moor Close Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0QZ
Received 14 Apr 20261 Lilac Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HQ
Received 15 Apr 202623 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EN
Received 15 Apr 2026122 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AW
Received 15 Apr 2026171 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6NL
Received 15 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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