Broad Lane Farm, Broad Lane, Springhill, Walsall, WS3 2TJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0893 - Certificate Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
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Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 21 m away: Wyrley & Essington Canal
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Bloxwich built-up area; Air quality management area about 10 m away: Walsall AQMA; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 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
Certificate
Postcode
WS3 2TJ
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Grant Certificate of Lawful Existing use or Development
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Brough

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 1 No. replacement commercial building (B…
25/00767/FUL
2024 Approved
Building A,C,D,E,H,I(1),I(2),I(3) and J have been in continuous storage use for 10-years…
24/00723/LUE
2024 Approved
Building A,C,D,E,H,I(1),I(2),I(3) and J have been in continuous storage use for 10-years…
24/00723/LUE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
20 , Ingestre Close, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3UT
T1 Oak to crown lift to 5.0 metres and to prune to obtain 2.0 metres clearance from the p…
24/1019
2020 Withdrawn
Thorney Nook Cottage Broad Lane Springhill WALSALL WS3 2TJ
Buildings 1-13 used for B8 storage
20/00874/LUE
2019 Approved
19, LINDRICK CLOSE, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3UW
Proposed rear single storey extension
19/1350
2017 Approved
21 , Lindrick Close, BLOXWICH, WS3 3UW
Two storey side extension
17/0475
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings