Land at Yorks Bridge, accessed via Lichfield Road, Pelsall, Walsall. Data via plota.co.uk

26/1009 - Outline Permission Under Consultation and Assessment

Proposal

Outline application for means of access from Lichfield Road, for up to 330 residential dwellings comprising a mix of market and affordable housing (Use Class C3), alongside provision for multi-functional open space. In addition, site preparatory works and associated works and infrastructure, including utilities, drainage and highway works. All other matters reserved. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:02

Application progress

✓

Received

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 15 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Nov 2026 and 23 Dec 2026, from Walsall's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 11

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Special area of conservation 48 m away: Pelsall North Common

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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.

Also on the record

SSSI 289 m away: Cannock Extension Canal SSSI; Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Green belt 4 m away: Birmingham; Open access land 8 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat 48 m away: Lowland heathland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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: Outline Permission
Received: 16 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Pelsall Brownhills
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tetra Tech Consulting Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 91-day target. Walsall usually decides new homes by day 85.

prediction

Day 2368 days to the 91-day target

27%decided within 8 weeks

73%approved

46decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Walsall in the last twelve months, from validation. Walsall decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 1 Oct 2026
Comments by: 15 Oct 2026

Walsall

Planning Authority Score

2.1/10

Poor

#271 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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