15, Somerset Road, Walsall, WS4 2DW Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/1244

Extensions & alterations

Council

Walsall 2.1/10

Date received

27 Oct 2026

Postcode

WS4 2DW

Description

Prior approval for a larger home extension for a single storey rear extension, 5 Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 19:41

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 22 Dec 2026 and 31 Dec 2026, from Walsall's recent extensions.

Day 2 of the 56-day target. Walsall usually decides extensions by day 57.

prediction

Day 255 days to the predicted decision (day 57)

49%decided within 8 weeks

78%approved

387decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 8

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 recovery project: Purple Horizons; Radon affected area, class 4; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Coalfield, development low risk area; Local nature reserve about 496 m away: Mill Lane; Inside the Walsall built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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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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