Top Lock Cottage and Boatmans Rest, Old Birchills, Walsall, WS2 8QD Data via plota.co.uk

25/0700 - Listed Building Consent Under Consultation and Assessment
Listed buildings

Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Partial demolition, restoration capping off of existing factory wall bounding Top Lock Cottage and Boatman's Rest and retrospective consent for minor works to part of wall. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 9 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 469.

The consultation period closed on 7 Aug 2025.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Walsall Junction Canal Old Birchills Eighth Lock From South (Top Lock) Walsall Locks, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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 ↗
Conservation area about 5 m away: Walsall Locks
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Public footpath about 29 m away; Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; 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 15 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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Important details

Council
Walsall
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
WS2 8QD
Received
16 Jul 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Ward
Birchills Leamore (pre May 2026 ward change)
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Sept 2025
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 469, past the statutory target. 76% of listed building consent in Walsall are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

Day 469413 days past the 56-day target
48%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
26,616decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building consent decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent listed building consent in Walsall to go on. Walsall decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Jul 2025
Comments by
7 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024
THE NEW NAVIGATION, 109, OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QD
Full planning application for the demolition of existing public house (use class Sui gene…
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2024
THE NEW NAVIGATION, 109, OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QD
Demolition of existing public house (use class Sui generis) and erection of 3 and 4 store…
24/1295
2024 Refused
206, OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QD
Full planning application for an erection of wooden ship lat fencing to the south of the…
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2024 Refused
206, OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QD
Listed Building Consent for an erection of wooden ship lat fencing to the south of the ga…
24/1135
2024 Approved
113, OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QD
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2023 Refused
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Public House and Outbuildings
23/1030
2021 Approved
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Demolition of existing factory wall bounding Top Lock Cottage and Boatman's Rest, Walsall…
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2017 Approved
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Walsall
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#271 of 296 councils
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Other 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
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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