School Meeting Room, 2, Springhill Road, Walsall, WS1 2LN Data via plota.co.uk

25/0852 - Full Application Under Consultation and Assessment
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective full planning application for the change of use from office (Use Class E(g)(i) to a 1no. 3 bed detached dwelling (Use Class C3). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Dec 2026 and 25 Dec 2026, from Walsall's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 9

Church Hill conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
Heritage at risk: Church Hill, Walsall
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
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
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Registered park or garden about 158 m away: Walsall Memorial Garden; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; 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 16 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
Full Application
Postcode
WS1 2LN
Received
7 Oct 2026
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Ward
St Matthew's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Blue Coat Trustees

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Walsall usually decides changes of use by day 72.

Day 2151 days to the predicted decision (day 72)
34%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Walsall in the last twelve months, from validation. Walsall decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Comments by
5 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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16, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
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FORMER SOHANS, 16, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
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2023 Approved
BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND AIDED JUNIOR SCHOOL, SPRINGHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2LP
Proposed Conversion of Existing Swimming Pool into 2no Classrooms, 2no. breakout rooms, m…
23/1356
2024 Approved
FORMER SOHANS, 16, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
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2021 Approved
14, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
Conversion of 3 Bedroom House (C3) into 5 Rooms HMO (C4)
21/1320
2022 Refused
14, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
Proposed dropped kerb
22/0151
2021 Approved
14, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
Prior Approval for the Conversion of Offices B1a into a residential dwellinghouse C3 Use
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ROWLANDS PHARMACY, 10, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NA
Removal of a chimney stack (Affects the Setting of the Public Right of Way Wal80).
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Demolition and rebuilding of a garden boundary wall
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2017 Approved
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Replacement boundary fencing and gates.
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Walsall
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#271 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings