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22-23, Station Street, Walsall, WS2 9JZ

21/1372Full Application: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 28 March 2023

Council decision: Finally Disposed Of (Article 40 GDMPO)

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

Proposal

Conversion of building to to temporary living accommodation to assist young people leaving care. Internal alterations to create 12 bedrooms with en suite facililties, communal lounge and kitchen area, managers office and outdoor amenity area (sui generis)

Received
13 September 2021
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 561 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 22-23, STATION STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9JZ. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 561 days, 72 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 284 applications in total for the WS2 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
WS2 9JZ
Application type
Full Application: Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
13 September 2021
Consultation expiry
21 October 2021
Consultation start
7 October 2021
Consultation end
21 October 2021
Target decision date
8 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Architectural Consultancy Ltd, 5, Sandy Croft, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 0EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 22, 23 & 24 Station Street (St James's Place)On or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Argyle Works, Navigation Street, Greatrex Works, Marsh Street, and William House, Marsh L…Register site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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