42, 43 & 44 Butts Road & Rear Of 5 Westbourne Street, Walsall, WS4 2BW

16/1029Full Application (Major)Approved

Full

Approved on 24 March 2017

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing shop, flat, and storage buildings, proposed retail and 8 no. 1 bedroom flats together with secure car parking.

Received: 18 August 2016
Council: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: St Matthews

ReceivedReceived18 Aug
ValidatedValidated19 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Nov
DecidedDecided24 Mar

Decided in 217 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 42, 43 & 44 BUTTS ROAD & REAR OF 5 WESTBOURNE STREET, WALSALL, WS4 2BW. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer 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 574 applications in total for the WS4 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: WS4 2BW
Application type: Full Application (Major)
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 August 2016
Target decision date: 16 November 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Spooner Architects, 2 The Guildhall, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 89 days

Additional information

Documents: 26

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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© 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.

Source: Walsall

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