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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.
9,514 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Royal Exchange High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ER
Received 6 Aug 2026Elm Tree Cottage Cobblers Bank Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9LP
Received 6 Aug 2026Open Space Collier Close Cheslyn Hay
Received 4 Aug 2026Park House Park Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JT
Received 6 Aug 2026Plas Newydd Quarry Heath Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RT
Received 7 Aug 202620 School Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LE
Received 5 Aug 2026Garage Site Orchard Close Pattingham
Received 8 Aug 2026Highcroft Fox Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HD
Received 10 Aug 20262 Fentonhouse Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NU
Received 10 Aug 2026Wombourne Cricket Tennis And Bowling Club Church Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EZ
Received 10 Aug 20261 Holly Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BP
Received 10 Aug 2026Clee View Trysull Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DQ
Received 11 Aug 2026110 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 11 Aug 2026Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 11 Aug 2026Land On West Side Of Toft Lane Coppenhall
Received 11 Aug 2026InstaVolt Limited Penkridge Retail Park Wolverhampton Road Penkridge
Received 11 Aug 2026Field North Of Sugarloaf Lane Iverley
Received 12 Aug 202676 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XB
Received 12 Aug 2026Pinewoods Greensforge Lane Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BB
Received 13 Aug 202635 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 13 Aug 2026Long Meadow View Old Coach Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AD
Received 13 Aug 2026Land Opposite 31 Sutherland Grove Link Footway From Sutherland Grove To Dippon Lane Perton
Received 11 Aug 2026Hockerhill Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 13 Aug 202672 Severn Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QL
Received 9 Aug 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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