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238, Stafford Street, Walsall, WS2 8DF

16/1518Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 September 2017

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Two storey rear extension at first and second floors with change of use of upper floors from residential (C3) to offices (B1) and installation of new shop front

Received
26 September 2016
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 346 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 238, STAFFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DF. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 346 days, 41 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 8DF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
26 September 2016
Target decision date
20 November 2016
Committee meeting
31 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MATLAB ARCHITECTURE, 211, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Source: Walsall

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