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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.
9,516 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Barley Croft Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XX
Received 13 Jul 2026The Parsonage Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 14 Jul 2026Stourton Lock 4 Bottom Lock Prestwood Road Stourton
Received 15 Jul 2026Commemorative Mining Monument Wolverhampton Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DB
Received 16 Jul 202612 Battlefield Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JJ
Received 16 Jul 202612 Battlefield Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JJ
Received 16 Jul 20264 Bridgeman Court Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QH
Received 17 Jul 2026Land On West Side Of Toft Lane Coppenhall
Received 17 Jul 202625 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DN
Received 17 Jul 2026Shore Croft Sandy Lane Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1RF
Received 18 Jul 2026104 Birches Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JP
Received 18 Jul 2026Telecommunications Mast Wrottesley Park Road Perton
Received 20 Jul 2026The Paddock School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 16 Jul 20267 Hough Way Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BR
Received 21 Jul 2026Patshull Park And Parkland Patshull Park Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HR
Received 21 Jul 202617 Cotswold Avenue Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6BU
Received 21 Jul 2026Saredon Farm House Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JD
Received 21 Jul 2026Calf Heath Wood Land Off Gravelly Way Four Ashes
Received 22 Jul 2026Dunelm Hazel Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6AA
Received 22 Jul 2026Upper Hatton Barn Upper Hattons Farm Pendeford Hall Lane Coven WV9 5BD
Received 22 Jul 202685 Joeys Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JJ
Received 23 Jul 2026Little Moor Cottage 44 Moor Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AS
Received 12 Jul 2026Trysull Farm Barns Seisdon Road Trysull WV5 7JF
Received 23 Jul 202624 Walsall Road Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JU
Received 23 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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