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West Midlands Interchange, Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road, Gailey, Staffordshire

SCC/26/0013/CONConsultation with Staffordshire County CouncilApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

South Staffordshire Council consultation in connection with an application to them for the Re-discharge of Requirement 4(1) [Detailed Design Approval] and 15 [Earthworks] Related to Phase 2A and Phase 2B pursuant to The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (as amended by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Correction) Order 2020 and The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment) Orders 2023 and 2025) (The Order’)(South Staffs Council ref 26/00005/WMI).

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley ED, Brewood ED
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at West Midlands Interchange, Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road, Gailey, Staffordshire. Staffordshire has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 weeks quicker than Staffordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley ED, Brewood ED.

86% of outline applications at Staffordshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Consultation with Staffordshire County Council
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brewood and Coven, Penkridge, Saredon, Hatherton
District
South Staffordshire District

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
26 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000011063
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 26/01002/TPOPart of the site
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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: Staffordshire

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