196 Stafford Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV10 6JT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00709/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Approved

Proposal

Change of use from 3 bedroom C3 residential to C2 residential care to provide care for up to one young person Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 08:05

Application progress

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Received

27 Jun 2026

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Approved

9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 3

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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

Council: Wolverhampton
Application type: Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode: WV10 6JT
Received: 27 Jun 2026
Validated: 27 Jun 2026
Ward: Oxley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Sept 2026
Decision: Grant
Decision date: 9 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stoneleigh Architectural Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 32 days slower than Wolverhampton's median of 42 for changes of use. Approved, as 62% of changes of use here are.

This one74d

Council42d

UK56d

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 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15007881
Statutory expiry: 22 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023

230 Stafford Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV10 6JT

Retrospective change of use from family dwelling to supportive living for 7 occupants.

23/01153/FUL 27 Oct 2023

2020 Approved

208 Stafford Road Wolverhampton West Midlands

Change of use from single dwelling to 2no 2-bedroom flats

20/00859/CPE 3 Sep 2020

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