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38 Black Lake West Bromwich B70 0PP

DC/23/68473Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 September 2023

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed garage conversion into habitable room (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received
17 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wednesbury South
Agent
Next Level Architecture Limited
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 38 Black Lake West Bromwich B70 0PP. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days 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 691 applications in total for the B70 postcode area.

90% of outline 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 0PP
Application type
Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2023
Target decision date
21 September 2023
Permission expires
20 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Next Level Architecture Limited
Architect profile
NEXT LEVEL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
111-113 New Union Street Coventry CV1 2NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12245783
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.

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.

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Source: Sandwell

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