Travis Perkins, Queen Street Sawmills, Queen Street, Walsall, WS2 9PE

16/0598Full Application: Major Mixed Use ClassesApproved

Full

Approved on 7 October 2016

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Timber Merchants to B1,B2 & B8

Received: 20 June 2016
Council: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: St Matthews

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated15 Jul
Consult.Consultation11 Aug
TargetTarget Date18 Sep
DecidedDecided7 Oct

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at TRAVIS PERKINS, QUEEN STREET SAWMILLS, QUEEN STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PE. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 9PE
Application type: Full Application: Major Mixed Use Classes
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 July 2016
Consultation expiry: 11 August 2016
Consultation start: 21 July 2016
Consultation end: 11 August 2016
Target decision date: 18 September 2016
Committee meeting: 6 October 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 65 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

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.

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Source: Walsall

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