Bescot Retail Park, Bescot Crescent, Walsall Data via plota.co.uk

26/1057 - Tree Application Registered Application

Proposal

Works to 94 trees - see attached Tree Works Schedule. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Jan 2027 and 28 Feb 2027, from Walsall's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Walsall built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 29 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.

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Important details

Council
Walsall
Application type
Tree Application
Received
28 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Palfrey & The Delves
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Calder Tree Services

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Walsall usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 139.

Day 6133 days to the predicted decision (day 139)
8%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
35decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works 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