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376 High Street West Bromwich B70 9LE

DC/23/68046Full (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2023

Council decision: Grant Conditional Retrospective ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of rear/side extensions to ground, first and second floors, and change of use to 3 no. shops at ground floor, 14 bedsits at first and second floors with external alterations (amendment to previously approved application DC/18/62067).

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Bromwich Central
Agent
Seven Design Build
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 376 High Street West Bromwich B70 9LE. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across West Bromwich Central. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 postcode area.

87% of full 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
B70 9LE
Application type
Full (Major)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2023
Consultation expiry
22 April 2023
Consultation end
11 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2023
Last date for comments
22 April 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023
Permission expires
13 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Seven Design Build
Agent address
20 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
178 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 March 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 April 2023
Site notice start
22 March 2023
Site notice end
14 April 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Bromwich High Street
  • Brownfield land register: 376 High Street, (former New Hop Pole). West Bromwich, B70 9LBRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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