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Wolverhampton Road - The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange
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SECTION 153 AND SCHEDULE 6 OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008 AND REGULATION 6 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (CHANGES TO, AND REVOCATION OF, DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDERS) REGULATIONS 2011 (AS AMENDED)
The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (SI:2020/511) (as amended by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Correction) Order 2020 (SI:2020/1163), The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI:2023/1132)
and The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment)
Order 2025 (SI:2025/481)
An application has been made by Four Ashes Limited to the Secretary of State for Transport to make a non-material change to the above-mentioned Development Consent Order (DCO) The contact details of the applicant are: Four Ashes Limited, 8 Sackville Street, London, United Kingdom, W1S 3DG. Four Ashes Limited may also be contacted by telephone: 0800 377 7345, or email:
contactus@communityrelations.co.uk.
This application seeks to make changes to the DCO that are not material. The proposed changes seek to include updated wording in the DCO concerning planning applications submitted under the Town and Country Planning Act at the site, and vary the triggers in DCO Requirements relating for when the rail
terminal works and certain highways works need to be completed.
The application documents, including any plans and maps showing the nature and location of the land, are available for inspection free of charge on the Planning Inspectorates website at:
https://national-infrastructure-
consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR050005.
A paper copy is available for inspection free of charge at South Staffordshire Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, WV8 1PX.
The application documents will remain available for inspection free of charge until at least the deadline for the receipt of representations by the Planning Inspectorate. Requests for copies of any documents may be made to
contactus@communityrelations.co.uk.
Electronic copies will be provided free of charge.
Alternatively, a paper copy can be obtained from the Applicant for £10 excluding VAT. For more information on the non-material change application please contact Four Ashes Limited via the telephone number and email address set out above. Responses concerning the proposed non-material change must be sent to the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretaries of State) by email only to
wminterchange@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
by 25 September 2026.
Representations will be made public by being published on the Planning Inspectorates website at:
https://national-infrastructure-
consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR050005.
Please note that the deadline for the receipt of representations by the Planning Inspectorate is 11:59pm on 25 September 2026.
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