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24/01088/FULM - Major Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 92 dwellings (Use Class C3) including affordable housing, new vehicular access, open space, children's play area and associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 19 Oct 2026, 10:42

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Application progress

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Received

19 Dec 2024

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Validated

15 Jan 2025

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Consultation

6 Nov 2025

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Approved

21 Apr 2026

Approved on 21 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Deferred by South Staffordshire Planning Committee on 27 Jan 2026.

Deferred

Officers advised approval subject to conditions and a legal agreement.
The committee required more information about public transport access for the site.

Source: Plota analysis of South Staffordshire's committee minutes, South Staffordshire Planning Committee minutes, 27 January 2026 .

Documents 187

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF FUL DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Officer Report · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 35

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Documents · 19 Dec 2024 View ↗

PDF REDACTED VERSION TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PART 2 Documents · 19 Dec 2024 View ↗

Plans & drawings 108

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form (Redacted) · 10 Jan 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF RESPONSE TO EA Documents · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Local nature reserve 258 m away: Wom Brook Walk

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Green belt 88 m away: Birmingham.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

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Important details

Council: South Staffordshire
Application type: Major Full Application
Received: 19 Dec 2024
Validated: 15 Jan 2025
Ward: Wombourne South
Parish: WOMBOURNE
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Apr 2026
Decision: APPROVED Subject to Conditions
Decision date: 21 Apr 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 461 days from validation, 405 days slower than South Staffordshire's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 50% of new homes here are.

This one461d

Council56d

UK59d

53%decided within 8 weeks

50%approved

44decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by South Staffordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Staffordshire decision record →

Public comments

31comments received

30 objecting1 neutral

97% object · above the UK average of 74%

48 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13579003
Planning Portal ref: PP-13579003
Neighbours: 21 Apr 2026
Consultation: 6 Nov 2025
Comments by: 20 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 21 Jan 2025
Committee: 17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Apr 2025
Env. assessment: No

South Staffordshire

Planning Authority Score

3.5/10

Below average

#220 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

South Staffordshire ranks #179 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

South Staffordshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #211 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #180 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #179 of 296

49%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #222 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

75 decided (1-9 homes)

88%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

87%

Change of use approved

23 decided

612

Total decisions

89 refused in the year to March 2026