66 Rookery Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV4 6NP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00825/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Refused

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for change of use from Class C3(a) to a residential home for up to 3 young people aged between 7 and 18 (Class C2). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
30 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
17 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded mine shaft: 19 m away (reference 393295-090). 5 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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
Radon affected area, class 4; 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 1

Last sold for £500,000 in April 2023. Detached house, freehold.

20 April 2023£500,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
WV4 6NP
Received
30 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Ward
Ettingshall South And Spring Vale
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Simpatico Town Planning
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 5 days slower than Wolverhampton's median of 44 for changes of use. Refused, as 36% of changes of use here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
60decided 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 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15083092
Planning Portal ref
PP-15083092
Statutory expiry
24 Sept 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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.