20 Mount Road Penn Wolverhampton West Midlands WV4 5SW Data via plota.co.uk

26/00378/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion with hip to gable alteration and installation of rear dormer Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Apr 2026
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Approved
16 Apr 2026

Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Wolverhampton Air Quality Management Area 2005
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Wolverhampton built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £305,000 in October 2014. Detached house, freehold.

31 October 2014£305,000
12 December 2005£275,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area188 m² (2,024 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (66 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
WV4 5SW
Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
15 Apr 2026
Ward
Penn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant
Decision date
16 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Scale Architecture UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 1 days from validation, 33 days faster than Wolverhampton's median of 34 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
382decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Wolverhampton in the last twelve months, from validation. Wolverhampton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14859921
Planning Portal ref
PP-14859921
Statutory expiry
10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wolverhampton
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#74 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wolverhampton ranks #100 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wolverhampton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #146 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #96 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #100 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #97 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
61 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
64%
Change of use approved
56 decided
817
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.