1 Harvesters Walk Wolverhampton West Midlands WV8 1UG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00902/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a small children's residential care home (Use Class C2), providing accommodation for up to two children alongside two adult carers on a 24-hour basis. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 29 Sept 2026 and 11 Oct 2026, from Wolverhampton's recent changes of use.

Site constraints 5

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; Inside the Wolverhampton built-up area; Green belt 76 m away: Birmingham; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
WV8 1UG
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Oxley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Wolverhampton usually decides changes of use by day 42.

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
42decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15172746
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wolverhampton
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#74 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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