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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.
9,517 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Oak Tree Gardens Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9NX
Received 30 Jun 2026The Croft School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 1 Jul 2026St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Wharf Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BG
Received 1 Jul 202629 Fairfield Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AE
Received 1 Jul 20262 Lower Drayton Cottages Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 1 Jul 202612 Johns Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BY
Received 1 Jul 202618 Besom Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7NZ
Received 29 Jun 2026Severn Valley Lamb Newtown Abattoir Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AY
Received 1 Jul 2026Dunsley Hall Hotel Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LU
Received 2 Jul 202652 Rennison Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HW
Received 2 Jul 2026Subani House Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PJ
Received 2 Jul 2026Land To Rear Of Holly Rock Astles Rock Walk Kinver
Received 3 Jul 2026Meadow View Greenhills Farm Heath House Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HW
Received 3 Jul 202647 Mill Brook Meadow Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6FD
Received 3 Jul 202622 Mill Brook Meadow Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6FD
Received 3 Jul 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 3 Jul 2026Ridgewood Great Moor Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AU
Received 3 Jul 2026SAD Site 285 Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 3 Jul 2026SAD Site 285 Pool House Road Wombourne
Received 3 Jul 2026Dunston Business Village Dunston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST18 9FJ
Received 3 Jul 2026Log Cabin 8 Dunston Business Village Dunston STAFFORD Staffordshire ST18 9FJ
Received 3 Jul 202611A Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SD
Received 5 Jul 2026Pine Croft 7 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 5 Jul 2026Flyaway Cottage Holyhead Road Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HX
Received 6 Jul 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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