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Police Station High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EE

19/00937/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2020

Council decision: APPROVE Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion of existing police station into 9 self contained apartments including extensions and alterations, with associated car parking, external works and demolition of existing cells and boiler rooms

Received
12 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Wombourne South East
Agent
GD Designs Architectural Services Ltd
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Police Station High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EE. South Staffordshire has handled 1,353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 500 applications in total for the WV5 postcode area.

88% of full 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
WV5 9EE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
WOMBOURNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2020
Consultation expiry
13 February 2020
Consultation start
10 January 2020
Consultation end
31 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2020
Last date for comments
5 March 2020
Target decision date
5 March 2020
Permission expires
5 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
GD Designs Architectural Services Ltd
Architect profile
GD DESIGNS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
GD Designs Architectural Services Ltd 49 The Crescent Cradley Heath B64 7JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 January 2020
Advertisement expiry
11 February 2020
Site notice start
23 January 2020
Site notice end
13 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08360964
Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wombourne Conservation Area Management PlanPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Wombourne Police Station, WombourneRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    7 Jun

    Condition 6 - Works to be carried out in accordance with approved drawing No1 prepared by Martin Holland and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/00937/COND
  2. 2019
    12 Dec

    Proposed conversion of existing police station into 9 self contained apartments including extensions and…

    This applicationApprovedFull19/00937/FUL

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