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51, High Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6HH

16/0124Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 March 2016

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from a vacant Blockbuster video shop (A1 use) to an A1/A3 use Costa Coffee shop, with new shopfront.

Received
28 January 2016
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 51, HIGH STREET, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 6HH. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 708 applications in total for the WS8 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
WS8 6HH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2016
Target decision date
23 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Joiners Shop, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    28 Jan

    Change of use from a vacant Blockbuster video shop (A1 use) to an A1/A3 use Costa Coffee shop, with new…

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  2. 2016
    28 Jan

    1 x fascia sign and 1 x hanging sign.

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