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42 - 43 Wolverhampton Road Stafford Staffordshire ST17 4DA

26/42502/POTHApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval - Change of Use from Ancillary storage space above shop (Class E) to Residential Use (Class C3 )

Received
23 July 2026
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 71 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 42 - 43 Wolverhampton Road Stafford Staffordshire ST17 4DA. Stafford has handled 6,502 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Forebridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,183 applications in total for the ST17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ST17 4DA

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Forebridge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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: Stafford

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