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Wolverhampton Art Gallery Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1DU

17/01338/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 December 2017

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations only to the first floor Sculpture Gallery to provide space for temporary exhibitions (including renewal of rooflights)

Received
10 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
Agent
Rock Townsend Architects
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Wolverhampton Art Gallery Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1DU. Wolverhampton has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than Wolverhampton's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Tew conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across St Peters. We hold 632 applications in total for the WV1 postcode area.

94% of heritage applications at Wolverhampton City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WV1 1DU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2017
Consultation expiry
22 June 2019
Consultation start
22 June 2019
Consultation end
22 June 2019
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
22 June 2019
Target decision date
5 January 2018
Committee meeting
22 June 2019
Decision published
22 June 2019
Permission expires
19 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rock Townsend Architects
Agent address
The Old School Exton Street London SE1 8UE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 June 2019
Advertisement expiry
22 June 2019
Site notice start
22 June 2019
Site notice end
22 June 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06482072
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Sep

    Installation of external lighting to illuminate the south and west elevations of Wolverhampton Art Gallery…

    PendingListed building consent26/01020/LBC
  2. 2026
    17 Sep

    Installation of external lighting to illuminate the south and west elevations of Wolverhampton Art Gallery…

    PendingListed building consent26/00999/LBD
  3. 2017
    18 Aug

    Fix wide screen TV to gallery wall (temporary period: six months).

    ApprovedListed building consent17/00954/LBC
  4. 2017
    18 Aug

    Installation of two sets of internal double doors at first floor level.

    ApprovedListed building consent17/00955/LBC
  5. 2017
    20 Jul

    Temporary toilet including stud walls and services

    ApprovedListed building consent17/00837/LBC
  6. 2015
    6 Nov

    Internal alterations comprising removal of suspended ceiling and installation of lighting truss/track for…

    ApprovedListed building consent15/01265/LBC

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