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

20/1472Full Application: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 27 January 2021

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Re-submission of application 20/0775: Change of use of existing industrial unit in mixed E(g)(iii) (light industrial) / B2 (general industrial) use class, to an MOT Testing Station in Sui Generis Use.

Received
2 December 2020
Ward
Bentley And Darlaston North
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 73B, FRANCHISE STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9RG. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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
2 December 2020
Target decision date
27 January 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3268486
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 November 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
6

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

    This applicationApprovedAmendment20/1472
  2. 2020
    13 Jul

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

    RefusedFull Application: Change of UsePart of20/0775

Source: Walsall

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