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DC/26/72152 - Change of Use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Proposed change of use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) to residential home for up to three children (Class C2). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:59

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Application progress

✓

Received

29 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

30 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

14 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Nov 2026, from Sandwell's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 5

Site constraints 6

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 ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

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 4; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the West Bromwich built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 15 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 2

Last sold for £165,000 in January 2006. Detached house, freehold.

17 January 2006£165,000

31 August 2005£118,000

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

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Important details

Council: Sandwell
Application type: Change of Use
Postcode: B71 1AS
Received: 29 Sept 2026
Validated: 30 Sept 2026
Ward: Hateley Heath
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Scale Architecture UK Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Sandwell usually decides changes of use by day 55.

prediction

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target

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

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15209464
Planning Portal ref: PP-15209464
Neighbours: 14 Oct 2026
Consultation: 14 Oct 2026
Comments by: 4 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved

1 Keys Crescent West Bromwich B71 1AX

Proposed retention of outbuilding, and conjoining side canopy.

DC/24/68970 8 Apr 2024

2022 Approved

1 Tame Crescent West Bromwich B71 1BA

Proposed single storey side extension.

DC/22/66980 6 Jul 2022

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