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25/01152/PAOTH - Other PD Prior Approvals Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
10 Oct 2025
✓
Consultation
15 Oct 2025
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Approved
21 Nov 2025

Approved on 21 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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
Other PD Prior Approvals
Postcode
WV10 6US
Received
10 Oct 2025
Validated
10 Oct 2025
Ward
Oxley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant - Prior Approval Required
Decision date
21 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 13 days slower than Wolverhampton's median of 29 for prior approvals. Approved, as 88% of prior approvals here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
121decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14400231
Planning Portal ref
PP-14400231
Comments by
5 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
15 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
5 Dec 2025
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