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94 Codsall Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 9QP

Refused Wolverhampton 24/00126/CPL Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Proposed use as a children's care home (Use Class C2) providing accommodation and care for up to 4no. children (aged between 2 and 18 years) with a maximum of 4no. carers and 2no. admin support staff (including manager) on site at any one time, with the exception of short periods at the carers? shift changeovers.

As published by the council, reference 24/00126/CPL

Application record

Reference
24/00126/CPL
Type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse
Received
31 Jan 2024
Validated
31 Jan 2024
Decided
22 Mar 2024
Ward
Tettenhall Regis
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WV6 9QP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Jan 2024

    Received by Wolverhampton

  2. 22 Mar 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Alcester

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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