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Walsall Academy, Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LX

25/1165PA: Installation or alteration of solar equipment on domestic premisesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval: REFUSED

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of solar panel canopy in playground of Walsall Academy.

Received
3 October 2025
Ward
Bloxwich East
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at WALSALL ACADEMY, LICHFIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3LX. Walsall has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Bloxwich East. We hold 153 applications in total for the WS3 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
WS3 3LX
Application type
PA: Installation or alteration of solar equipment on domestic premises
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
3 October 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kembla, Unit 3 Shires Industrial Estate, Lichfield, WS14 9AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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