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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9,523 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stewponey Sewage Pumping Station Bridgnorth Road Stourton
Received 21 May 202650 Wolverhampton Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BX
Received 21 May 2026Jaguar Land Rover Wolverhampton Unit B Innovation Drive Pendeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5GA
Received 29 May 2026Farthings Paddock Great Moor Road Pattingham
Received 29 May 2026Old Nurton Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HQ
Received 30 May 2026106 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EF
Received 1 Jun 202614 Maypole Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9JB
Received 1 Jun 20266 Badger Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UW
Received 2 Jun 2026Land Adjacent 15 Cotswold Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BU
Received 3 Jun 2026Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 3 Jun 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 3 Jun 202645 Sedgley Road Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5LD
Received 4 Jun 2026Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 4 Jun 2026Hyde Lock 12 The Hyde Kinver
Received 4 Jun 2026Essington Cemetery Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 29 May 20262 Prospero Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5QU
Received 29 May 202610 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RR
Received 4 Jun 202634 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 5 Jun 2026Gothersley Lock Cottage Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood KINGSWINFORD DY7 5AX
Received 29 May 202649 Redwood Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JP
Received 2 Jun 2026Blue Jay Way Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 5 Jun 2026Pear Tree Farm Bickford Road Bickford STAFFORD ST19 5QJ
Received 5 Jun 2026Pear Tree Farm Bickford Road Bickford STAFFORD ST19 5QJ
Received 5 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 28 Westbeech Road Pattingham Wolverhampton WV6 7AQ
Received 5 Jun 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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