88, Leighswood Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8AW Data via plota.co.uk

26/0835 - Certificate Refused

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate proposed development for the demolition of an existing detached garage and construction of a replacement garage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
16 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
10 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 10 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Walsall AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Aldridge built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £184,500 in March 2025. Terraced house, freehold.

6 March 2025£184,500
7 January 2025£158,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Walsall
Application type
Certificate
Postcode
WS9 8AW
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Aldridge Central & South
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 40 days faster than Walsall's median of 96 for demolitions. Refused, as 19% of demolitions here are.

22%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Walsall in the last twelve months, from validation. Walsall decision record →

Walsall
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#271 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Walsall is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #228 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Walsall decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #230 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #213 of 296
52%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #228 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #257 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
60%
Change of use approved
48 decided
800
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.