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36 - 37 Princess Street Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1HD

23/00681/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 October 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Use Class E to Sui Generis (Betting Office), External Alterations

Received
28 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 113 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 - 37 Princess Street Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1HD. Wolverhampton has handled 1,032 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 10 weeks longer than Wolverhampton's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across St Peters. We hold 633 applications in total for the WV1 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
WV1 1HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2023
Consultation expiry
9 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2023
Last date for comments
9 September 2023
Target decision date
23 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields, Cornerblock 2 Cornwall Street Birmingham West Midlands B3 2DX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 September 2023
Site notice start
15 August 2023
Site notice end
5 September 2023

Appeal history

3342348
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 October 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3333840
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 July 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
3331691
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12249868
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 25, Queen StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 6-20 Lichfield Street City Centre WolverhamptonRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (19)

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 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    28 Jun

    Change of Use from Use Class E to Sui Generis (Betting Office), External Alterations

    This applicationRefusedFull23/00681/FUL
  2. 2023
    27 Jun

    Display of illuminated fascia and projecting sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside23/01135/ADV

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