The New Art Gallery, Gallery Square, Walsall, WS2 8LG
Approved on 7 August 2015
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions
Proposal
Construction of new 'Qube' free-standing building.
- Received
- 15 June 2015
- Ward
- St Matthews
- ReceivedReceived15 Jun
- ValidatedValidated15 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at , THE NEW ART GALLERY, GALLERY SQUARE, WALSALL, WS2 8LG. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 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 284 applications in total for the WS2 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
- WS2 8LG
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 9 August 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- HDA Architecture, 4, Albion Place, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1UD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Walsall
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