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The Gatehouse, Lichfield Road, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6JZ

25/0991Full Application: Minor Use Class B8 (Storage or Distribution)Awaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full planning application for the demolition of the existing gatehouse and erection of 2no. industrial buildings to create 6 units (Use Class B8).

Received
22 October 2025
Decision due
17 December 2025
Ward
Brownhills
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at THE GATEHOUSE, LICHFIELD ROAD, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 6JZ. Walsall has handled 2,668 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Brownhills. We hold 708 applications in total for the WS8 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
WS8 6JZ
Application type
Full Application: Minor Use Class B8 (Storage or Distribution)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
22 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rees Construction Management, 2 Church Street, Uttoxeter, ST14 8EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

Source: Walsall

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