Latest housing plans for closed-down Walsall library thrown out over biodiversity failure

Black CountryWalsallWalsall Council auctioned off the library in 202007:08, 19 Jul 2026Plans to convert a closed-down library into housing have been refused by Walsall Council.‌The Walsall Wood Library on Coppice Road has been the subject of six planning applications since the council closed it in 2017.‌READ MORE: Grand openings at Grand Central and more food and drink news from Birmingham this week‌The authority auctioned off the property in 2020 where it fetched £319,000.Application Integrated Designs and Associates Ltd had hoped to convert the property into four two-bedroom apartments with access from Lichfield Road.But the council refused the plans as it failed to provide sufficient information regarding biodiversity net gain.‌Three objections to the plans were received by neighbouring