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Orton Hall Farm Orton Lane Lower Penn Nr Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4XA

03/00817/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 February 2004

Council decision: APPROVE Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of farmhouse, cottage and outbuildings to form 14 residential units

Received
2 July 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
15
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 231 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Orton Hall Farm Orton Lane Lower Penn Nr Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4XA. South Staffordshire has handled 462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 25 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 437 applications in total for the WV4 postcode area.

83% of amendment applications at South Staffordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WV4 4XA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14
Parish
WOMBOURNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2003
Consultation expiry
30 December 2008
Consultation start
29 July 2003
Consultation end
30 December 2008
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2003
Last date for comments
30 December 2008
Target decision date
1 October 2003
Committee meeting
17 February 2004
Permission expires
18 February 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
265 Tettenhall Road Wolverhampton WV6 ODE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 July 2003
Advertisement expiry
29 July 2003
Site notice start
9 July 2003
Site notice end
30 July 2003

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2010
    1 Jun

    Amendments to site layout approved under 03/00817/COU

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelated10/00428/FUL
  2. 2009
    22 Oct

    Conversion of unit four to form one dwelling [amendments to permission 03/00817/COU

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelated09/00781/FUL
  3. 2003
    2 Jul

    Change of use of farmhouse, cottage and outbuildings to form 14 residential units

    This applicationApprovedAmendment03/00817/COU

Source: South Staffordshire

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