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The Forge 144 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG

DC/23/68077Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 May 2023

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from public house to community hub at ground floor and 2 No. self-contained flats at first floor, food bank unit, covered cycle/bin store and electric charging points on car park. (Revision to refused planning permission DC/22/66756).

Received
13 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wednesbury North
Agent
Catalyst Design Ltd
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Forge 144 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Wednesbury North. We hold 698 applications in total for the WS10 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
WS10 9RG
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2023
Consultation expiry
12 April 2023
Consultation end
10 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 April 2023
Last date for comments
12 April 2023
Target decision date
12 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Catalyst Design Ltd
Architect profile
CATALYST DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Branston Court Branston Street Jewellery Quarter B18 6BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00169/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3327156
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 February 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11982827
Documents
19
Constraints
4

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    13 Mar

    Proposed change of use from public house to community hub at ground floor and 2 No. self-contained flats at…

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentDC/23/68077
  2. 2022
    10 Mar

    Proposed change of use from Public House to Community Hub.

    RefusedChange of UsePart ofDC/22/66756

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