83, Stafford Street, Walsall, WS2 8DU

23/0570Full Application: Change of UseRefused

Full

Refused on 28 July 2023

Council decision: Refuse Permission

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor former chip shop (Sui Generis) to a ground floor flat (Class Use C3).

Received: 12 May 2023
Council: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birchills Leamore

ReceivedReceived12 May
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Jul
DecidedDecided28 Jul

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 83, STAFFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DU. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Birchills Leamore. 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 8DU
Application type: Full Application: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 12 May 2023
Target decision date: 7 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 35, BEECHGLADE, BIRMINGHAM, B20 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 12

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.

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© 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.

Source: Walsall

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