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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9,509 approved · 1,455 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
31 Cheshire Grove Perton CANNOCK WV6 7XL
Received 22 Sept 2026Woodlands Himley Lane Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LW
Received 22 Sept 2026Rose Cottage Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QS
Received 10 Sept 2026Well Pharmacy 2 - 3 Anders Square Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7QH
Received 22 Sept 20266 Partridge Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TN
Received 22 Sept 20263 Chiltern Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PJ
Received 22 Sept 20261 Gospel Ash Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EF
Received 23 Sept 20262 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 23 Sept 2026Fredrick House Market Street Stone Cross Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AS
Received 23 Sept 2026Dean House Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 23 Sept 2026Garage Site Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook WV8 1JH
Received 23 Sept 202610 Heath House Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EZ
Received 24 Sept 2026Pool Farm Levedale Road Levedale STAFFORD ST18 9AH
Received 24 Sept 2026Former Loades Business Park Holly Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6BD
Received 24 Sept 202642 Tower View Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HF
Received 24 Sept 2026Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 24 Sept 2026The Pear And Partridge The Parkway Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7XZ
Received 24 Sept 20262 Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 14 Sept 202631 Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HF
Received 27 Sept 2026Staffordshire County Council All Saints C E Primary School School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 28 Sept 2026Fernfields Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 28 Sept 2026Halley House High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BQ
Received 25 Sept 2026Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington
Received 28 Sept 2026Heathermount Farm 164 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BL
Received 29 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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