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South Staffordshire

In the last 12 months, 88.9% of householder applications were approved in South Staffordshire (244 decided). A typical householder decision takes about nine weeks (median 64 days).

Full planning applications: 68.2% approved (110 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-26–2026-05-19): 88.3% of 2,966 decisions approved.

3,574Total applications
2,618Approved
348Refused
118Withdrawn
402Pending
88.3%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,028 924 104
89.9%
Full Planning Application 413 307 106
74.3%
Discharge of Conditions 319 316 3
99.1%
Tree Works (TPO) 231 206 25
89.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 202 171 31
84.7%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 164 162 2
98.8%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 112 100 12
89.3%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 111 101 10
91.0%
Listed Building Consent 58 56 2
96.6%
Change of Use 50 36 14
72.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 35 29 6
82.9%
Advertisement Consent 34 33 1
97.1%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 29 29 0
100.0%
Full Planning (Major) 29 25 4
86.2%
Agricultural Consent 29 27 2
93.1%
West Midlands Interchange 25 25 0
100.0%
Pr Appr - Agricultural to Residential 21 12 9
57.1%
Outline Planning 19 7 12
36.8%
Pr Appr - Others 13 13 0
100.0%
Demolition 7 7 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 6 6 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 5 5 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 5 0 5
0.0%
Pr Appr Offices to Residential 3 3 0
100.0%
Pr Appr - Agricultural to Flexible Use 3 3 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 3 3 0
100.0%
Overhead Electricity Lines - S37 2 2 0
100.0%
Overhead Electricity Lines 2 2 0
100.0%
Hazardous Substances Consent 1 1 0
100.0%
Conservation Area Consent 1 1 0
100.0%
Public Service Infrastructure Developmen 1 1 0
100.0%
Variation of Section 106 Agreement 1 1 0
100.0%
Pr Appr - To School or Nursery 1 1 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Non Material Amendment Application 2 1 1 0
100.0%
M6 / M54 Link Road 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 228 208
91.2%
2023-Q4 242 201
83.1%
2024-Q1 218 184
84.4%
2024-Q2 240 212
88.3%
2024-Q3 248 225
90.7%
2024-Q4 250 225
90.0%
2025-Q1 252 227
90.1%
2025-Q2 227 205
90.3%
2025-Q3 241 222
92.1%
2025-Q4 237 195
82.3%
2026-Q1 245 205
83.7%
2026-Q2 29 25
86.2%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Brewood, Coven & Blymhill 379 334 45
88.1%
Kinver & Enville 337 303 34
89.9%
Pattingham, Trysull, Bobb & L Penn 295 255 40
86.4%
Codsall 264 236 28
89.4%
Penkridge North & Acton Trussell 209 185 24
88.5%
Wombourne North 160 141 19
88.1%
Penkridge South & Gailey 121 102 19
84.3%
Featherstone, Shareshill & Saredon 115 99 16
86.1%
Bilbrook 94 90 4
95.7%
Essington 93 70 23
75.3%
Himley & Swindon 92 77 15
83.7%
Wombourne South 82 72 10
87.8%
Planning guides

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