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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.
9,521 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Lindale Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DZ
Received 5 Jun 2026Agricultural Land West Of Mansty Lane Penkridge
Received 5 Jun 202635 Birches Park Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DT
Received 6 Jun 2026Woodlands Himley Lane Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LW
Received 8 Jun 2026Long Acre Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 9 Jun 2026Long Acre Wolverhampton Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AD
Received 9 Jun 2026Patshull Park And Parkland Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HR
Received 9 Jun 2026263 Castlecroft Road Castlecroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8NA
Received 9 Jun 202616 Templars Way Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HR
Received 9 Jun 2026Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 9 Jun 202644 Holly Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AQ
Received 9 Jun 2026Fosse House Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NF
Received 10 Jun 2026190 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QP
Received 10 Jun 202630 Church Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EH
Received 10 Jun 2026Land On The West Side Of Orton Lane Orton Lane Wombourne
Received 11 Jun 20264 The Staddlestones Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UH
Received 11 Jun 2026Arbourtree House High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DP
Received 11 Jun 2026Land At Whittimere Lane Off Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green
Received 11 Jun 2026Eastholme Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 3 Jun 2026Wrottesley Home Farm Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 3 Jun 2026St Marys Church Patshull Park Burnhill Green
Received 12 Jun 2026Eden Holme Pool House Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AZ
Received 12 Jun 2026Briarcroft Bridgnorth Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EZ
Received 12 Jun 20266 Tintern Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XG
Received 12 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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