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DC/25/71294 - Change of Use Refused

Proposal

Proposed internal alterations to form a change of use from a 6 Person HMO (Class C4) to a 7 Bed HMO (Sui-Generis). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
9 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
9 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
10 Apr 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
24 Aug 2026

Refused on 10 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 30

Consultation & comments 11

PDF FINAL HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF POLICY COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 11 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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
1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Registered park or garden 223 m away: Brunswick Park; Inside the Wednesbury built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £232,000 in July 2025. Terraced house, freehold.

3 July 2025£232,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area142 m² (1,528 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (77 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyMid-terrace house, 7 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, with internal insulation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Sandwell
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
WS10 9QP
Received
17 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
Wednesbury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse permission
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 24 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009660 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Property Planning Consultants Ltd
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 36 days slower than Sandwell's median of 55 for changes of use. Refused, as 17% of changes of use here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Sandwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Sandwell decision record →

Public comments

18comments received
18 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14568506
Planning Portal ref
PP-14568506
Neighbours
9 Jan 2026
Consultation
9 Jan 2026
Comments by
5 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
15 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sandwell
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#149 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 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.