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Site Of Former Argyle Works, William House And Greatrex House, Corner Of Navigation Street And Marsh Street, Walsall, WS2 9LT, Walsall

17/1573Full Application: Major Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses)Approved
Full

Approved on 17 January 2019

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and residential development of 222 one and two bedroom apartments plus associated works, landscaping and creation of 90 on-site car parking

Received
4 December 2017
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 409 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at SITE OF FORMER ARGYLE WORKS, WILLIAM HOUSE AND GREATREX HOUSE, CORNER OF NAVIGATION STREET AND MARSH STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9LT, WALSALL. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 409 days, 50 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 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 9LT
Application type
Full Application: Major Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Validated
4 December 2017
Consultation expiry
23 August 2018
Consultation start
2 August 2018
Consultation end
23 August 2018
Target decision date
24 October 2018
Committee meeting
6 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
S.P. Faizey, 1 Station Court, Girton Road, Cannock, WS11 0EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
324 days

Additional information

Documents
118

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Kirkpatricks, Charles StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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