28, Exchange House, Wednesbury Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 3QT

06/1129/FL/W5Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 August 2006

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from B1 (offices) to D1 (non residential and training centre)

Received: 3 July 2006
Council: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: St Matthews

ReceivedReceived3 Jul
ValidatedValidated6 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided16 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 28,EXCHANGE HOUSE,WEDNESBURY ROAD,WALSALL,WEST MIDLANDS,WS1 3QT. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 1,353 applications in total for the WS1 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: WS1 3QT
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 July 2006
Target decision date: 28 August 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO James Holtham,42 Bull Street,Birmingham,B4 6AF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 53 days

Additional information

Documents: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: Walsall

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