26 Prestwood Road West Wolverhampton West Midlands WV11 1HW Data via plota.co.uk

26/00553/CPE - Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev Refused

Proposal

Continued use of the property as a small House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) occupied for 5 unrelated individuals since approximately 2017. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
19 May 2026
✓
Validated
21 May 2026
✗
Refused
16 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £172,000 in February 2021. Terraced house, freehold.

26 February 2021£172,000
1 December 2017£130,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
22 February 2012£97,500

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 Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
WV11 1HW
Received
19 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Fallings Park
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
16 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Shalloe Cooper Estates Ltd T/A Rooms 2 Let Today

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 12 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14947002
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

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 boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use