1, Cramp Hill, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8ES Data via plota.co.uk

26/0894 - Certificate Refused
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed change of use from commercial graphics, design and vehicle wrapping facility (Use Class E (g)(iii) Industrial processes to an indoor fitness and education centre (Use Class E(d)). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
30 Jul 2026
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Refused
30 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 30 Sept 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Darlaston 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. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

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Important details

Council
Walsall
Application type
Certificate
Postcode
WS10 8ES
Received
30 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 9 days faster than Walsall's median of 71 for changes of use. Refused, as 26% of changes of use here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
39decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Refused
LM LEGACY HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTRE, CRAMP HILL, DARLASTON, WALSALL, WS10 8ES
Change of use of a former health club, to residential, including the addition of a second…
23/0517
2021 Approved
THE FRYING PAN, BILSTON STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8EY
Change of use from Public House to Business Centre
21/0397
2018 Approved
Old Bank Business Centre, 43-45 Church Street, Wednesbury, WS10 8DU
Certificate of Lawful Development: Proposed B1(a) use - office
18/1179
2017 Approved
Muchbox 21-22, CHURCH STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8DU
Change of use to cafe (A3)
17/0089
Walsall
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#271 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings