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97, Leighswood Road, ALDRIDGE, WS9 8AP

18/0070Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 April 2018

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Conversion and change of use of existing detached commercial premises (B1) into 2No. residential apartments (C3).

Received
12 March 2018
Ward
Aldridge Central And South
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 97 , Leighswood Road, ALDRIDGE, WS9 8AP. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Aldridge Central And South. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the WS9 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
WS9 8AP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
12 March 2018
Target decision date
7 May 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Alexander James Associates Limited, 1 The Rowan Tree, Elmhurst Business Park, Park Lane, Elmhurst, Lichfield, WS13 8EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    29 Jun

    Conversion and change of use of existing commercial premises (Class B1) into 1no. residential dwelling (Class…

    RefusedOutline Permission: Minor ApplicationRelated18/0738
  2. 2018
    12 Mar

    Conversion and change of use of existing detached commercial premises (B1) into 2No. residential apartments…

    This applicationRefusedFull18/0070

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