138, Green Lane, Shelfield, Walsall, WS4 1RR Data via plota.co.uk

25/1274 - PA Approved

Proposal

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

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Application progress

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Received
29 Oct 2025
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Approved
10 Dec 2025
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Appeal dismissed
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 10 Dec 2025 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 170 m away: Jockey Fields SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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; Inside the Rushall and Shelfield built-up area; Green belt about 42 m away: Birmingham.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
PA
Postcode
WS4 1RR
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
29 Oct 2025
Ward
Rushall-Shelfield (pre May 2026 ward change)
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Dec 2025
Decision
Prior Approval: GRANTED
Decision date
10 Dec 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 25 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004770 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
MRICS

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 4 days slower than Walsall's median of 38 for prior approvals. Approved, as 65% of prior approvals here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
208decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals 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