Planning application
Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Alterations to site levels and associated engineering works to an existing care home car park not constructed in accordance with the approved plans.
As published by the council, reference 26/00850/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00850/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Himley & Swindon
- Parish
- HIMLEY
- Postcode
- DY3 4AE
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Staffordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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19/00901/AMEND Granted
Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Amendment to Condition 3. We are looking to use Greenfix's Geoweb system instead of Grasscrete for the car park built up and finish.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Sep 2026
Received by South Staffordshire
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2 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Staffordshire took a median of 69 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Northgate Healthcare Ltd Applicant, registered in Shropshire
Active · incorporated 2006 · Shropshire
1 application on PlanIndex
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This application is with South Staffordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Staffordshire decided full applications in a median of 97 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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