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The China Teacup 2 Orchard House Planks Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HE

18/00052/OTHERSPr Appr - OthersApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 February 2018

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to vintage style teashop serving afternoon tea, sandwiches and drinks [Change of use under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class C of the GPDO 2015 from Class A1 to A3]

Received
16 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Wombourne South East
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 31 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The China Teacup 2 Orchard House Planks Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HE. South Staffordshire has handled 4,429 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wombourne conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 500 applications in total for the WV5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WV5 9HE
Application type
Pr Appr - Others
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
WOMBOURNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2018
Consultation expiry
12 February 2018
Consultation start
17 January 2018
Consultation end
7 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2018
Last date for comments
12 February 2018
Target decision date
31 March 2018
Permission expires
16 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 January 2018
Site notice end
12 February 2018

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wombourne Conservation Area Management Plan
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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Source: South Staffordshire

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