Planning appeal decision
110 Thornhill Park, Streetly, B74 2LW
Planning appeal 3349503 at 110 Thornhill Park, Streetly, B74 2LW (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 January 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed extensions on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to protected trees.
a single storey rear extension, front extensions to the garage and front porch
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
- Postcode
- B74 2LW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed extensions on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to protected trees
What decided it
The absence of adequate evidence demonstrating that the proposed driveway design would protect the protected Robinia tree from root compaction and harm to its longevity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV3Policy DW1Policy DW2Policy DW3Policy GP2Policy ENV18Policy ENV32Policy CSP4Policy ENV2Policy NE7Policy NE8
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Walsall
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Dismissed15 October 20266008716Rooftop Food Court, Multi-Storey Car Park, George St, Walsall, Ws1 1RS
- Dismissed9 October 20266012207Land at Barr Lakes Lane, Walsall, WS5 3RB
- Allowed8 October 20266012149225, Lichfield Road, Rushall, WS4 1EA
- Dismissed30 September 2026601387757, Lincoln Road, Walsall, WS1 2DW
- Dismissed29 September 20266008378407 Chester Road, Walsall, WS9 0PH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®