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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9,523 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bilbrook Rose Care Home Carter Avenue Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HQ
Received 20 May 2026Dispensary St Michaels Close Penkridge
Received 21 May 2026White Cottage Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XB
Received 21 May 20266 Oakridge Drive Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7QZ
Received 21 May 2026Garage Site At Badgers End Wheaton Aston
Received 21 May 20267 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 13 May 202622 The Nurseries Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BZ
Received 14 May 2026Beau Regards Unit B Central Buildings High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DN
Received 21 May 2026LloydsPharmacy 2 - 3 Anders Square Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QH
Received 22 May 2026Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 22 May 2026Little Kinvaston School Little Kinvaston Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 22 May 202612 Cotswold Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BU
Received 23 May 202630 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 25 May 2026Pillaton House Clay Street Penkridge
Received 26 May 2026Land At Beech Grove Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4QW
Received 20 May 20261 Clover Ridge Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DP
Received 26 May 2026St Marks Church Hall Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LJ
Received 26 May 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 26 May 2026Westmidlands Society Model Engineers Model Railway Track Legion Drive Kinver
Received 28 May 2026The Star Inn Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DJ
Received 28 May 2026Meadow Cottage Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SF
Received 28 May 2026Moat Meadow Cottage Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RJ
Received 29 May 2026Land To The Rear Of Lavant House Church Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DH
Received 26 May 202685 Joeys Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JJ
Received 29 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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