Little P's Play Town Unit H Maybrook Industrial Estate, Maybrook Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7DG

Planning appeal 3377712 at Little P's Play Town Unit H Maybrook Industrial Estate, Maybrook Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7DG (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 July 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 was well founded, turning on whether the previous use fell within Use Class E(g)(iii) and if so, whether the current use falls within Use Class E such that the change was exempted from development by virtue of section 55(2)(f) of the Act.

use as a children’s role play centre falling within Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) of the Use Classes Order (1987) (as amended)(the UCO)

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Savage M
Postcode: WS8 7DG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded, turning on whether the previous use fell within Use Class E(g)(iii) and if so, whether the current use falls within Use Class E such that the change was exempted from development by virtue of section 55(2)(f) of the Act

What decided it

The previous use of the premises by T Spinks comprised sheet metal fabrication and manufacturing, which the Inspector found more likely constituted a B2 use than a light industrial use falling within Use Class E(g)(iii), and therefore the change to a children's role play centre required planning permission.

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