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The Orchard Residential Home, 1-2, Station Street, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8BG

18/1313Full Application: Major Use Class Sui GenerisApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2019

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective: Change of use to hostel (Site Affects the Setting of a Public Rights of Way Dar16).

Received
25 October 2018
Ward
Bentley And Darlaston North
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE ORCHARD RESIDENTIAL HOME, 1-2, STATION STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8BG. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Bentley And Darlaston North. We hold 698 applications in total for the WS10 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
WS10 8BG
Application type
Full Application: Major Use Class Sui Generis
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Validated
25 October 2018
Consultation expiry
20 December 2018
Consultation start
6 December 2018
Consultation end
20 December 2018
Target decision date
24 January 2019
Committee meeting
21 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE ORCHARD RESIDENTIAL HOME, 1-2, STATION STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
29

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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