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Proposed new windows and reinstating existing openings to facilitate use as a mosque and classrooms (Planning Use Class F1(f) - public worship/religious instruction), including some external and internal alterations and demolitions to the building and conversion of former caretakers house to a first floor flat to provide ancillary living accommodation with an office and mortuary to the ground floor.

FORMER WALSALL LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE, ESSEX STREET, WALSALL, WS2 7AU

Decision IssuedReference: 23/0715Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Application summary

Status
Decision Issued
Application type
Full Application: Change of Use
Received
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Validated
31 May 2023
Determination deadline
25 Jul 2023
Local authority
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Application overview

Proposed new windows and reinstating existing openings to facilitate use as a mosque and classrooms (Planning Use Class F1(f) - public worship/religious instruction), including some external and internal alterations and demolitions to the building and conversion of former caretakers house to a first floor flat to provide ancillary living accommodation with an office and mortuary to the ground floor.

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Reference
23/0715

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FORMER WALSALL LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE, ESSEX STREET, WALSALL, WS2 7AU

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Application_Form_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Block_Plan_-_002_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Existing_Elevations_-_004_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Existing_Ground_Floor_Plan_-_003_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Existing_House_-_Plans_and_Elevations_-_010_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Location_Plan_-_001_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Planning_Statement_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Proposed_Elevations_-_006_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Proposed_Ground_Floor_Plan_-_005_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Proposed_House_-_Plans_and_Elevations_-_011_-_31-05-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
West_Midlands_Police_Comments_23-0715_-_18-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Comments_Policy_-_07-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Comments_Fire_Officer_-_07-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Comments_Ecology_-_04-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Environmental_Protection_Comments_23-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
HRA_-_25-08-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Coal_Comments_-_18-10-23.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Block_Plan-002_RevA_07-03-24_.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Heritage_Impact_Assessment_07-03-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Parking_layout_-0101_A3_07-03-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Site_Location_Plan-001_RevA_07-03-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Transport_Statement_Appendices_23-04-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Travel_Plan_23-04-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Highways_15-05-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Higways_Response_-_23-0715_rec_06-06-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Conservation_10-07-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Clarification_Report_Appendix_-_13-11-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Parking_Layout_-_13-11-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Report_Appendix_-_13-11-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Travel_Plan_Addendum_-_13-11-24.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
Travel_Plan_Addendum_-_29-01-25.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView
23.0715_Decision_Notice.pdfCouncil documentNot publishedView

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