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Lidl, 73, Ablewell Street, Walsall, WS1 2EU

23/1566Full Application: Minor Use Class E(a) (Display or Retail Sale of Goods)Approved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2024

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Partial demolition of the west wall of Lidl car park, construction of a new wall, faced with brickwork and topped with coping and iron fence in front. Reinstatement of car park kerb line and wearing course in front of new wall.

Received
20 December 2023
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LIDL, 73, ABLEWELL STREET, WALSALL, WS1 2EU. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Hill conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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
WS1 2EU
Application type
Full Application: Minor Use Class E(a) (Display or Retail Sale of Goods)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
20 December 2023
Consultation expiry
7 February 2024
Consultation start
24 January 2024
Consultation end
7 February 2024
Target decision date
13 February 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Appeal history

3329187
Split Decision
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 July 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
16

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: Church Hill
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Church Hill, Walsall
  • 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 (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.

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