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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.
9,509 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Between 45 And 49 Station Road Great Wyrley
Received 9 Sept 2026Coppice Corner Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SE
Received 10 Sept 2026Wolverhampton Business Airport Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DY
Received 10 Sept 2026Wolverhampton Business Airport Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DY
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Cherry Lane Himley
Received 10 Sept 2026Oaken Lodge Oaken Lanes Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AH
Received 10 Sept 202612 Forest Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DX
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Littywood Farm Dunston Coppenhall South Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 10 Sept 2026Shenstone Chapel Estate Office Enville Stourbridge DY7 5HD
Received 10 Sept 20265 Dark Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JA
Received 2 Sept 20265 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 5 Sept 20262 Oak Lane Cottages Oak Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DR
Received 11 Sept 20264 The Appleyard Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EN
Received 11 Sept 20262 Deep Dales Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8HX
Received 11 Sept 2026Cross Green Farm Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 12 Sept 2026The Annexe 3 Foster Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EB
Received 12 Sept 202612 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 13 Sept 2026Grey House Farm 12 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 13 Sept 2026Grey House Farm 12 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 13 Sept 2026Grey House Farm 12 High Street Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NP
Received 13 Sept 2026Beech Trees James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 13 Sept 2026Atlasta House Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RT
Received 13 Sept 2026The Greyhound Inn Greyhound Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UN
Received 14 Sept 202610 Heathbank Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NY
Received 14 Sept 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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