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Land Off Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4TJ

SCC/26/0033/CONConsultation with Staffordshire County CouncilApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONS

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

South Staffordshire Council consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission for the 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 access and pedestrian access, drainage features, open space and associated infrastructure (ref. 26/00172/OUTM).

Received
26 February 2026
Ward
Kinver ED
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4TJ. Staffordshire has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Kinver ED. We hold 436 applications in total for the WV4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WV4 4TJ
Application type
Consultation with Staffordshire County Council
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
65
Parish
Lower Penn
District
South Staffordshire District

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000016028

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/1965Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Brownfield land register: Springhill Farm, 70 Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton WV4 4TJRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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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