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Smiths Flour Mill, Wolverhampton Street, Walsall, WS2 8DD

25/1192Certificate: Lawful DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawful proposed use or Development

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed replacement of external combustible materials on existing building to be removed and replaced with like for like non combustible materials.

Received
22 October 2025
Ward
Birchills Leamore
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at SMITHS FLOUR MILL, WOLVERHAMPTON STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DD. Walsall has handled 347 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in the Walsall Locks conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Birchills Leamore. We hold 284 applications in total for the WS2 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
WS2 8DD
Application type
Certificate: Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
22 October 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Noviun Architects, Corn Exchange, Baffins Lane, Chichester, CHICHESTER, West Sussex, PO19 1BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Walsall Locks
  • Brownfield land register: Hollyhedge Lane (east side) (28), WalsallRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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