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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9,523 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hilton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DS
Received 14 May 202664 Littlewood Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EL
Received 14 May 2026Land North Of Pinfold Lane Penkridge
Received 15 May 202624 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 15 May 2026Radford Lodge Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XW
Received 15 May 2026Codsall Village Hall Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 30 Apr 2026Willow Farm Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QS
Received 15 May 2026White Sytch Cottage Blymhill Common SHIFNAL TF11 8JP
Received 15 May 2026Land Adjacent To 6 Brickbridge Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AZ
Received 6 May 2026Hydeaway 50 Hyde Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AF
Received 7 May 2026Upper Simms Piece Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BL
Received 16 May 2026Land Adjacent 1 Woodland Foxlands Crescent Penn
Received 17 May 2026Brinsford Bridge Caravan Site Stafford Road Coven Heath Wolverhampton WV10 7HE
Received 18 May 2026The Mansions 2 School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 18 May 202635 Lime Tree Gardens Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1NR
Received 18 May 2026Noverton Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HQ
Received 18 May 2026Land Adjacent To Little Moor Cottage 44 Moor Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AS
Received 8 May 202651A And 95 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HE
Received 14 May 2026Patshull Park And Parkland Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HR
Received 19 May 202665 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 19 May 202625 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 19 May 2026Trinity Manse Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ER
Received 19 May 2026Treefell House Mill Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AY
Received 20 May 202624 Walsall Road Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JU
Received 20 May 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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