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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.
9,519 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 12 Jun 2026Orchard View Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 13 Jun 20268 Penda Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NW
Received 14 Jun 202660 Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AZ
Received 15 Jun 2026Land West Of Prestwood Road Stourton
Received 3 Jun 2026Preston Hill Farm Preston Vale Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RA
Received 15 Jun 202613 Rosemary Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DY
Received 15 Jun 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 15 Jun 202611 Hampton Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LP
Received 16 Jun 20263 Nagington Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TA
Received 16 Jun 2026Quinton Court Wardles Lane Great Wyrley
Received 16 Jun 2026Gravel Hill Surgery Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA
Received 17 Jun 2026Mountain Ash Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QP
Received 17 Jun 2026Lyne Hill Nurseries Lyne Hill Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NT
Received 18 Jun 202648 Giggetty Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AT
Received 16 Jun 202674 Sytch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JP
Received 18 Jun 20265 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EJ
Received 18 Jun 202687 Giggetty Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AY
Received 19 Jun 2026Land Opposite The Oaken Arms Holyhead Road Oaken
Received 19 Jun 2026Stradsfield House Somerford Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DQ
Received 19 Jun 2026Manor Vale Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BJ
Received 22 Jun 2026Green Mount Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 15 Jun 20265 Flemmynge Close Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AD
Received 17 Jun 2026West Midlands Interchange Land South Of Vicarage Road Calf Heath Staffordshire
Received 16 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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