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73B, Franchise Street, Darlaston, Walsall, WS10 9RG

20/0775Full Application: Change of UseRefused
Full

Refused on 27 October 2020

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Change of use of the existing industrial unit formerly in mixed B1(c) (light industrial) / B2 (general industrial) use class to single use class Sui Generis for an MOT testing station

Received
13 July 2020
Ward
Bentley And Darlaston North
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 73B, FRANCHISE STREET, DARLASTON, WALSALL, WS10 9RG. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.

74% of amendment 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 9RG
Application type
Full Application: Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
13 July 2020
Target decision date
7 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MASTER DESIGN STUDIO, 16-17 CAROLINE STREET, THE JEWELLERY QUARTER, BIRMINGHAM, B3 1TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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. 2020
    2 Dec

    Re-submission of application 20/0775

    ApprovedFull Application: Change of UseRelated20/1472
  2. 2020
    13 Jul

    Change of use of the existing industrial unit formerly in mixed B1(c) (light industrial) / B2 (general…

    This applicationRefusedAmendment20/0775

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