Land To Rear High Point Academy Friar Park Road Wednesbury Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/71072 - Full (Major) Approved

Proposal

Proposed 18 dwellings, public open space and infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Oct 2026, 08:54

Application progress

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Received

1 Oct 2025

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Validated

17 Oct 2025

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Consultation

24 Oct 2025

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Approved

10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Sandwell Planning Committee on 1 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme provides homes, meets policy and would not significantly harm amenity or highway safety.
The applicant’s representative supported the scheme, while an objector raised concerns about open space, nature, flooding, pollution, noise and wildlife.
Members approved the application subject to conditions after being satisfied with the proposals.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, speakers, committee discussion, vote and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Sandwell's committee minutes of 1 Apr 2026.

Documents 96

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT PERMISSION SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS Decision · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FULL APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION Application Form · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 21

Plans & drawings 51

Application forms 3

PDF CIL - COMMENCEMENT NOTICE FORM 6 Correspondence · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL - ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY FORM 2 Correspondence · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Other · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 10

PDF HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF URBAN DESIGN COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF UPDATE - PLANNING RESPONSES Other · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF OBJECTS Objection Comment · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC HEALTH - CONTAMINATED LAND COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF OBJECTS Objection Comment · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING POLICY COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SPORT ENGLAND COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF WEST MIDLANDS POLICE COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Sandwell AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the West Bromwich built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Sandwell
Application type: Full (Major)
Received: 1 Oct 2025
Validated: 17 Oct 2025
Ward: Friar Park & Stone Cross
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Aug 2026
Decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions
Decision date: 10 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 297 days from validation, 241 days slower than Sandwell's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.

This one297d

Council56d

UK56d

52%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Sandwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Sandwell decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

3 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

67 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14159406
Planning Portal ref: PP-14159406
Neighbours: 24 Oct 2025
Consultation: 24 Oct 2025
Comments by: 27 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 30 Oct 2025
Committee: 1 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Sandwell

Planning Authority Score

5/10

Average

#149 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Sandwell ranks #131 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Sandwell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #198 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #223 of 296

69%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #131 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #92 of 296

80%

Minor dwellings approved

44 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

46 decided

909

Total decisions

124 refused in the year to March 2026