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Long Birch Farm Port Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BE

23/01020/AGRAgricultural ConsentApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 January 2024

Council decision: Approved by LetterDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The proposals seek full prior notification consent for the installation of a new replacement grain dryer facility with associated enclosure to the northeast elevation of an existing barn at Long Birch Farm. The proposals would require the altering and re-setting out of an internal farm roadway and removal of a section of an existing hedgerow and planting of new hedgerow to align with the altered roadway.

Received
5 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Long Birch Farm Port Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BE. South Staffordshire has handled 123 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Brewood, Coven & Blymhill. We hold 42 applications in total for the WV9 postcode area.

88% of all 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
WV9 5BE
Application type
Agricultural Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BREWOOD & COVEN

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Target decision date
2 January 2024
Permission expires
2 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MTC Planning & Design Ltd Barn 5A Sutton Hall Farm Sutton Maddock TF11 9NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12628201
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
5

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.

Source: South Staffordshire

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