Land outside 40 Station Street, Walsall, WS2 9JT Data via plota.co.uk

26/0812 - Advertisement Consent Under Consultation and Assessment

Proposal

Advertisement consent for 1 no. digital display on communications kiosk (H) 1.635m x (W) 0.924m x (D) 0.35m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 7 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026, from Walsall's recent advertisement consent.

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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Conservation area about 72 m away: Bridge Street; Heritage at risk about 72 m away: Bridge Street, Walsall; 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 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
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
WS2 9JT
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
St Matthew's
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 61 of the 56-day target. Walsall usually decides advertisement consent by day 71.

Day 6110 days to the predicted decision (day 71)
25%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
13decided in the last year

Plota live figures for advertisement consent 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:
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
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