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The Bungalow Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QW

25/00920/AGRRESPr Appr - Agricultural to ResidentialRefused

Refused on 23 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Conversion of barn into 2 bed bungalow

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Essington
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Bungalow Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QW. South Staffordshire has handled 123 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Essington. We hold 584 applications in total for the WV10 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application contains insufficient details on what (if any) agricultural activities are currently carried out on site and fails to confirm whether or not the site was part of an agricultural unit on 24th July 2023 and therefore fails to demonstrate compliance with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q Q.1(a) or (b) of the General Permitted Development Order (England) 2015 (as amended). Clarification of this has been requested from the agent but no such details have been provided.
  2. The Council has a duty to ensure that planning application decisions comply with the Habitats Regulations. New residential development within the ZOI is 'likely to have a significant effect', when considered either alone or in combination, upon the qualifying features of Cannock Chase SAC a European Site, due to the risk of increased recreational pressure that could be caused by that development. Insufficient information has been provided to ensure that this effect could be mitigated, as such the development would have a detrimental impact on a European Protected Site. The siting of the building therefore makes it undesirable for conversion to residential use without the required mitigation, failing Schedule 2, Part 3, Q.2 (1)(e) of the GPDO 2015 (as amended) and the PPG.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WV10 8QW
Application type
Pr Appr - Agricultural to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
ESSINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
20 November 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
RMS Designs 16 Williams Close Short Heath Willenhall Walsall WV12 4QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2025
Site notice end
3 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14406134
Documents
8
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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