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The Grand Posthouse 62 - 64 Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1DB

24/00296/FULFull ApplicationPending Decision
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Proposal

PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE AND ALTERATIONS TO BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS TO USE CLASS E (RESTAURANT) & SUI GENERIS (CEREMONIAL HALL)

Received
13 March 2024
Target decision date
8 May 2024
Ward
St Peters
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided
6 weeks typical decision time in Wolverhampton89% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Grand Posthouse 62 - 64 Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1DB. Wolverhampton has handled 1,040 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. It was submitted on 13 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across St Peters. We hold 627 applications in total for the WV1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
24/00296/FUL
Address
The Grand Posthouse 62 - 64 Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1DB
Postcode
WV1 1DB
Local Authority
Wolverhampton
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Awaiting decision
Ward
St Peters

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Seven Design Build
Agent Address
20 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Wolverhampton WV5 0AA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 March 2024
Consultation Expiry
3 April 2024
Target Decision Date
8 May 2024
Date Validated
13 March 2024
Date Submitted
13 March 2024
Neighbour Consultation Start
13 March 2024
Neighbour Consultation End
3 April 2024
Last Date for Comments
3 April 2024

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12859444
Documents
7
Coordinates
52.586630, -2.124884
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Appeal History

3353001
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 March 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Source: Wolverhampton

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    13 Mar

    PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE AND ALTERATIONS TO BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS TO USE CLASS E (RESTAURANT) & SUI…

    This applicationPendingFull24/00296/FUL
  2. 2024
    11 Mar

    PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE AND ALTERATIONS TO BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS TO USE CLASS E b (RESTAURANT) & SUI…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/00288/LBD

Planning constraints

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 (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.

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