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Former Gala Bingo, Park Lane, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 9SB

22/0392Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2023

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 erection of a discount foodstore with access, parking, landscaping and other assoicated works.

Received
16 March 2022
Ward
Bentley and Darlaston North (pre May 2026 ward change)
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 376 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at FORMER GALA BINGO, PARK LANE, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9SB. Walsall has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 376 days, 46 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Bentley and Darlaston North (pre May 2026 ward change). We hold 698 applications in total for the WS10 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
WS10 9SB
Application type
Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
16 March 2022
Target decision date
5 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
York House, York Street, Manchester, M2 3BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
20 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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