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Borger UK Limited East Wing The Old School Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR

26/00081/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: APPROVED Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of existing office unit (Use Class E) to a Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) School (Use Class F1) alongside external alterations comprising the installation of a fence.

Received
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Penkridge South & Gailey
Agent
Simply Planning Limited
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Borger UK Limited East Wing The Old School Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR. South Staffordshire has handled 462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Penkridge South & Gailey. We hold 1,251 applications in total for the ST19 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
ST19 5PR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
PENKRIDGE

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
14 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Permission expires
31 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simply Planning Limited
Agent address
Simply Planning Limited Third Floor Office, Victoria House 114-116 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 3BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 March 2026
Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14601887
Documents
10
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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