Overend Service Station Corngreaves Road Cradley Heath B64 7EA Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/6995A - Application to Display Adverts Approved

Proposal

Proposed 1 No. freestanding digital screen. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

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
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Local nature reserve about 413 m away: Codsall Coppice; Inside the Cradley Heath built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
Application to Display Adverts
Postcode
B64 7EA
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Cradley Heath & Old Hill
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant Conditional Advertisement Consent
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than Sandwell's median of 55 for advertisement consent. Approved, as 95% of advertisement consent here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
21decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14874592
Env. assessment
No
Sandwell
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#149 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.