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161 Castlecroft Road Castlecroft Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 8LU

21/01234/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 1 December 2021

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of 4 bedroom dormer bungalow.

Received
20 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Merry Hill
Agent
Alexminster Ltd
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 103 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 161 Castlecroft Road Castlecroft Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 8LU. Wolverhampton has handled 1,032 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 9 weeks longer than Wolverhampton's typical decision time. The site is in the Westbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Merry Hill. We hold 551 applications in total for the WV3 postcode area.

87% of full 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
WV3 8LU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2021
Consultation expiry
4 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2021
Last date for comments
4 November 2021
Target decision date
15 October 2021
Decision issued
2 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alexminster Ltd
Agent address
27 Gainsborough Drive Perton South Staffs WV6 7NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided

Appeal history

3294448
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 June 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
3289097
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 May 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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: Wolverhampton

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