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Former Mckechnie Brass Ltd, Middlemore Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8SP

21/0718Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 June 2021

Council decision: Screening Opinion EIA Not Required

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

Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for the proposed Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) and Waste Transfer Station (WTS).

Received
19 May 2021
Ward
Aldridge Central and South (pre May 2026 ward change)
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at FORMER MCKECHNIE BRASS LTD, MIDDLEMORE LANE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8SP. Walsall has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Aldridge Central and South (pre May 2026 ward change). We hold 1,060 applications in total for the WS9 postcode area.

62% of outline 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 8SP
Application type
Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
19 May 2021
Target decision date
18 June 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
30 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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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