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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9,519 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Around Preston Hill Farm South Of Levedale Road
Received 22 Jun 202669 Leasowe Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7TX
Received 23 Jun 202660 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 23 Jun 202622 Oakshaw Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DU
Received 24 Jun 202610 High Path Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BE
Received 24 Jun 20269 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 24 Jun 20264 Raven Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TQ
Received 24 Jun 2026Land Off Wolverhampton Road Middle Hill Shareshill Wolverhampton WV10 7LT
Received 25 Jun 2026Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 26 Jun 2026Ilando Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 26 Jun 2026The Paddocks Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 26 Jun 202630 Stretton Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AL
Received 26 Jun 2026Units 1 - 2 Saredon Road Little Saredon
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Off Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 26 Jun 2026Treetops Dental Surgery 52 Duck Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HF
Received 27 Jun 202685 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DJ
Received 27 Jun 2026Mulberry Cottage Hawthorne Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NG
Received 28 Jun 202623 Vicarage Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HA
Received 15 Jun 2026Hickorys Smokehouse Wolverhampton Road Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1SY
Received 29 Jun 202662 Lupin Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UR
Received 29 Jun 202629 Newport Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DT
Received 29 Jun 20269 Olde Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LL
Received 29 Jun 2026Pine Tree Cottage Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JR
Received 30 Jun 2026The Meadow 5 Pearce Hay Barns Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AS
Received 30 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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