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

22/0100County Matters: Waste ApplicationApproved

Approved on 11 November 2022

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of a new Household Waste Recycling Centre, Waste Transfer Station with PV Solar Panel Roof, Re-use Shop and Workshop, Welfare Offices, Weighbridges, Ground Mounted Solar PV installation, Creating of 2no vehicular access points off Middlemore Lane, Parking, EV charging points, Refuse Collection Vehicle Parking, Steel Palisade fencing with entrance and exit gates, Landscaping, Pedestrian crossing points, lighting and ancillary works.

Received
27 January 2022
Ward
Aldridge Central And South
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 288 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at FORMER MCKECHNIE BRASS LTD, MIDDLEMORE LANE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8SP. Walsall has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 288 days, 33 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Aldridge Central And South. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the WS9 postcode area.

81% of all 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
County Matters: Waste Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
27 January 2022
Consultation expiry
24 February 2022
Consultation start
10 February 2022
Consultation end
24 February 2022
Target decision date
27 April 2022
Committee meeting
26 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sir Henry Doulton House, Forge Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Additional information

Documents
75

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.

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  2. 2023
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  3. 2022
    27 Jan

    Construction of a new Household Waste Recycling Centre, Waste Transfer Station with PV Solar Panel Roof…

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