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53, Park Street, Walsall, WS1 1NH

25/1061Full Application: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 3 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions4 conditions

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

Proposal

Full planning application for the change of use of 53 Park Street from retail unit (use class E(a)) to adult learning centre (use class F1), alterations to Park Street elevation to create new entrance and first floor window, alterations to the Station Street elevation to create additional windows and service access.

Received
6 October 2025
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 53, PARK STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1NH. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. 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.

74% of amendment 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 1NH
Application type
Full Application: Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
13 November 2025
Target decision date
5 December 2025
Committee meeting
27 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Arcadis, 16th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Documents
31

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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