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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9,523 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
248 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QG
Received 22 Apr 202611 Elliot Drive Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JQ
Received 22 Apr 2026Land North Of Dirty Foot Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton WV4 4UQ
Received 22 Apr 2026St Marks School House Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LJ
Received 22 Apr 202617 Shawbury Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7LR
Received 22 Apr 202685 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BU
Received 9 Apr 2026The Square Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PT
Received 15 Apr 2026The Blackladies Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 23 Apr 202667 Engleton Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JE
Received 24 Apr 2026190 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QP
Received 24 Apr 2026Wrottesley Home Farm Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 20 Apr 2026Lowlands Farm Queens Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DT
Received 24 Apr 2026Land For M6/M54 Link Road Hilton Lane Hilton
Received 24 Apr 2026Silver Birches Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AW
Received 27 Apr 2026Silver Birches Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AW
Received 27 Apr 2026Cedar Cottage Strawmoor Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HY
Received 27 Apr 202651 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 17 Apr 2026Security House Littleton Drive Huntington WS12 4TS
Received 27 Apr 2026Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall
Received 28 Apr 202652 Moatbrook Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DH
Received 28 Apr 2026Land East Of Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HJ
Received 28 Apr 2026Trotters End Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 28 Apr 2026Cottage The Grange Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HY
Received 24 Apr 202628 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 28 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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