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Ocker Hill Academy Gospel Oak Road Tipton DY4 0DS

DC/17/60550Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 July 2017

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of caretakers dwelling to teaching facility (maximum of 10 children).

Received
24 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wednesbury South
Agent
Oakham Design Limited
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ocker Hill Academy Gospel Oak Road Tipton DY4 0DS. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Wednesbury South. We hold 546 applications in total for the DY4 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DY4 0DS
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2017
Consultation expiry
30 June 2017
Consultation start
9 June 2017
Consultation end
30 June 2017
Neighbour consultation start
9 June 2017
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2017
Last date for comments
30 June 2017
Target decision date
26 July 2017
Permission expires
6 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oakham Design Limited
Agent address
Clee View Barn Chee View Drive Sedgley DY3 3RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Sandwell

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