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Dismissed27 August 20263377537

Mitie Tilley Roofing Ltd, Middlemore Lane, Walsall, WS9 8SP

Planning appeal 3377537 at Mitie Tilley Roofing Ltd, Middlemore Lane, Walsall, WS9 8SP (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 August 2026 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's decision to refuse the application is well founded.

Authority
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Savage M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Council's decision to refuse the application is well founded

What decided it

The appeal site comprises a single planning unit in mixed use (beautician services and training/education) which does not fall within a single use class and represents a material change from the previous office use, such that the appellant has not shown the use to be lawful.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; East Barnet UDC v British Transport Commission [1962] 2 QB 484; West Suffolk Council v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & Ors [2025] EWHC 861 (Admin)

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