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16 Finchfield Lane Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 8EF

22/01249/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 1 February 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension

Received
7 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Merry Hill
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 86 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Finchfield Lane Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 8EF. Wolverhampton has handled 1,032 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 6 weeks longer than Wolverhampton's typical decision time. 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 8EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2022
Consultation expiry
15 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
15 December 2022
Last date for comments
15 December 2022
Target decision date
2 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3317830
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 August 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11672747
Documents
5

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.

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© 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.

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