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7, Mellish Road, Walsall, WS4 2DQ

22/1723Full Application: HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 14 February 2023

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Proposed loft conversion including new Velux rooflights on front and east side elevations and dormer to rear roof plane.

Received
29 December 2022
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 7, MELLISH ROAD, WALSALL, WS4 2DQ. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in the Arboretum conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 574 applications in total for the WS4 postcode area.

83% of full 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
WS4 2DQ
Application type
Full Application: Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
29 December 2022
Target decision date
23 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Midlands Building Consultancy, Office 4 Trinity Suite, Hawkesyard Hall, Armitage Park, Rugeley, WS15 1PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Arboretum
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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