223, Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9PB Data via plota.co.uk

26/0688 - Full Application Under Consultation and Assessment

Proposal

Full planning application for the change of use of existing dwelling (use class C3) to a children's care home (use class C2) to provide care for up to four children aged between 7 and 17 years old. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
15 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 27 Sept 2026, from Walsall's recent full applications.

Site constraints 5

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
Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Brownhills built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
WS9 9PB
Received
15 Jun 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Ward
Aldridge North & Walsall Wood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Star Planning and Development

Decision outlook

Day 91, past the statutory target. 57% of full applications in Walsall are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 14 Sept 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 12 Sept 2026.

Day 9135 days past the 56-day target
19%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
26decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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:
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