Land Outside 6, Bradford Street, Walsall, WS1 1NX Data via plota.co.uk

26/0814 - Full Application Under Consultation and Assessment

Proposal

Full application for the installation of 1 no. new communications kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 20 Oct 2026 and 4 Nov 2026, from Walsall's recent commercial premises. Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026.

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Bridge Street 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: Bridge Street, 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 ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Victorian Arcade (Including Nos. 59, 61 and 66 Lower Hall Lane, 39 and 40, Digbeth Street and 2 to 9 Bradford Street and Those Premises at First and Second Floor Level Above These), Grade II, about 52 m from the postcode pin · 8 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 improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Walsall built-up area.
Not affected
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
Full Application
Postcode
WS1 1NX
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
St Matthew's
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 40 of the 56-day target. Walsall usually decides commercial premises by day 66.

Day 4026 days to the predicted decision (day 66)
41%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
50decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
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