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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.
9,512 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garages West Of Lime Tree Road Bilbrook
Received 17 Aug 2026Land West Of Greensforge Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AH
Received 12 Aug 202633 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RS
Received 18 Aug 20261 Orchard Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AN
Received 18 Aug 2026Stourton House Greensforge Lane Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BD
Received 18 Aug 2026Bradshaws Farm The Farm Shop Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HS
Received 18 Aug 2026244 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DL
Received 18 Aug 2026The Lane House Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 18 Aug 2026Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service Brewood Fire Station Bargate Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EG
Received 19 Aug 202619 Linnet Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TP
Received 19 Aug 20268 Spring Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JW
Received 19 Aug 2026The Mouse House Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HH
Received 19 Aug 2026Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 20 Aug 2026Beverley Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AG
Received 20 Aug 2026Mill Barn 2 Stretton Mill Stretton Mill Road Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9LH
Received 20 Aug 2026Ridgehill Wood Lodge Lane Kingswinford West Midlands
Received 20 Aug 202620 Dartmouth Avenue Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7DP
Received 20 Aug 2026Land East Of A449 Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 21 Aug 2026The Old Rectory Church Lane Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LL
Received 21 Aug 2026Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 21 Aug 2026The Old School House Church Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EF
Received 21 Aug 202617 White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AP
Received 22 Aug 2026West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 21 Aug 2026South Perton Farm Jenny Walkers Lane Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HB
Received 24 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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