Tibbits House, Buckley House and Cartmel House Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8UH Data via plota.co.uk

26/0708 - Certificate Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed installation of roof-mounted photovol Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jun 2026
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Approved
11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Shrubbery, Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Conservation area about 57 m away: Aldridge; 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 11 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
WS9 8UH
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Ward
Aldridge Central & South
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Aug 2026
Decision
Grant Certificate of Lawful proposed use or Development
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
APEC Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, 25 days slower than Walsall's median of 62 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 70% of lawful development certificates here are.

40%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
51decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates 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