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37-39, Park Street, Walsall, WS1 1LY

23/1480Prior Approval: Sch2,Prt3,Class MA (COU Class E TO C3)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 January 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval: GRANTED

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use of first and second floor offices (use class E) to 4no. 1 bed residential apartments (use class C3).

Received
4 December 2023
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 37-39, PARK STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1LY. Walsall has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridge Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 1,353 applications in total for the WS1 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
WS1 1LY
Application type
Prior Approval: Sch2,Prt3,Class MA (COU Class E TO C3)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
4 December 2023
Target decision date
28 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bridge Street
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bridge Street, Walsall

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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