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Former Sunbeam Automotive Factory And Works Upper Villiers Street Wolverhampton West Midlands WV2 4NU

26/00271/LBDListed Building DemolitionAwaiting decision
Listed building consent
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Clearance of fire damaged debris from the building so that structural and condition surveys can be carried out safely

Received
23 March 2026
Decision due
19 May 2026
Ward
Blakenhall
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 April.

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About this application

This is a heritage application at Former Sunbeam Automotive Factory And Works Upper Villiers Street Wolverhampton West Midlands WV2 4NU. Wolverhampton has handled 164 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Blakenhall. We hold 120 applications in total for the WV2 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
WV2 4NU
Application type
Listed Building Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Last date for comments
18 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
TWArchitects
Agent address
Crossfields Strawmoor Lane Oaken Wolverhampton WV8 2LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
18 April 2026
Site notice start
25 March 2026
Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14794861
Documents
13

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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