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The Performance Hub, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall, WS1 3BD

25/0170Prior Approval: Solar Equipment for Non-DomesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 March 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval: GRANTED

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

Proposal

Prior approval for the installation on flat and pitched roofs of solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment with a capacity of 726.3kWp. (Affects Public Right of Way NDA131).

Received
17 February 2025
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at THE PERFORMANCE HUB, WALSALL CAMPUS, GORWAY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 3BD. Walsall has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Walsall's typical decision time. 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 3BD
Application type
Prior Approval: Solar Equipment for Non-Domestic
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
6 March 2025
Target decision date
13 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14-18, Holborn, London, EC1N 2LE

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 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    20 Oct

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/0247

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/1230

Source: Walsall

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