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135, Skip Lane, Walsall, WS5 3LR

26/0969Full Application: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 6 July 2026

Council decision: Permission Granted9 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective full planning application for the change of use of land to domestic curtilage (use class C3), the erection of double garage, single bedroom annex and all associated landscaping, hard surfacing and erection of boundary fencing and brick pillars for entrance way and the removal of close boarded fencing.

Received
17 April 2026
Ward
Preston
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 135, SKIP LANE, WALSALL, WS5 3LR. Walsall has handled 5 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Paddock (pre May 2026 ward change). We hold 94 applications in total for the WS5 postcode area.

81% of all 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
WS5 3LR
Application type
Full Application: Change of Use

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
3 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Beech House, Anchorage Avenue, Shrewsbury, SY2 6FG

Planning decision

Case officer
Janseway Cheung

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.

Source: Walsall

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