Land Off Springhill Lane Lower Penn
Refused on 23 September 2026
Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except primary means of access from Springhill Lane) is sought for the construction of up to 65 dwellings creation of associated vehicular and pedestrian accesses, drainage features, open space, and associated infrastructure.
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Public comments
- 81 · last counted 3 November 2026
- Ward
- Pattingham, Trysull, Bobb & L Penn
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 215 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land Off Springhill Lane Lower Penn. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 215 days, 23 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Pattingham, Trysull, Bobb & L Penn.
74% of outline 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
- The application site lies within the West Midlands Green Belt. The proposed development of up to 65 dwellings, associated access, public open space, drainage infrastructure and associated works would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The site makes a strong contribution to the Green Belt purpose of checking the unrestricted sprawl of the Wolverhampton urban area and does not meet the definition of Grey Belt contained within the National Planning Policy Framework. The proposal would result in inappropriate development, causing definitional harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness. Furthermore, the development would result in a substantial and permanent loss of Green Belt openness and would conflict with the Green Belt purpose of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas through the extension of built development onto currently open land. Substantial weight is attached to these harms. Whilst the proposal would deliver public benefits, including the provision of market and affordable housing, these benefits, whether considered individually or cumulatively, do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and the additional harm arising from conflict with the adopted and emerging spatial strategies, which do not identify the site for development. Very special circumstances do not therefore exist to justify the development. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies GB2, GB6 and GB7 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Core policy 1 and Policy GB1 of the Core Strategy and policies DS1 and DS5 of the emerging Local Plan.
- In the absence of a completed planning obligation pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), the proposed development fails to secure the necessary planning obligations required to make the development acceptable in planning terms, including the provision of 50% affordable housing, a Travel Plan contribution, on-site public open space and equipped play provision together with its future management and maintenance, contributions towards sports and playing pitch facilities, and healthcare infrastructure. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy EQ13 of the Core Strategy and Policies EC11, HC14, HC18 of the emerging Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Major Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 65
- Parish
- LOWER PENN
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Marrons Bridgeway House Bridgeway Stratford Upon Avon CV37 6YX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 3 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 24 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14675896
- Documents
- 31
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
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.
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Source: South Staffordshire
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