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Flat Above, 26, Stafford Street, Walsall, WS2 8DG

24/1572Full Application: Minor Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses)Approved
Full

Approved on 1 September 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Full planning application for the proposed construction of ground, first and second floor rear extensions to an existing property to allow for three new flats (1 x one-bedroom at ground level; 1 x one-bedroom at first floor; 1 x two-bedroom at loft level), including dormer windows, associated fenestration, bin storage and cycle store.

Received
6 December 2024
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 269 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at FLAT ABOVE, 26, STAFFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DG. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. This one was decided in 269 days, 30 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 284 applications in total for the WS2 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
WS2 8DG
Application type
Full Application: Minor Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
6 December 2024
Target decision date
31 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
WeStruct, 180 Ivyfield Road, Birmingham, B23 7HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
32

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Sep

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) of planning permission 24/1572

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/0403
  2. 2024
    6 Dec

    Full planning application for the proposed construction of ground, first and second floor rear extensions to…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/1572

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