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42 Pool Lane Oldbury B69 4QX

DC/24/69520Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 28 October 2024

Council decision: Refuse permissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed change of use to a residential home for a maximum of 3 No. young people aged 7 to 18 years old (revision to refused planning permission DC/23/67975).

Received
21 June 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Langley
Agent
Rose Consulting
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 42 Pool Lane Oldbury B69 4QX. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Langley. We hold 198 applications in total for the B69 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
B69 4QX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2024
Consultation expiry
7 August 2024
Consultation end
7 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 August 2024
Last date for comments
7 August 2024
Target decision date
6 September 2024
Committee meeting
23 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rose Consulting
Agent address
16 Rhodesia Avenue Halifax HX3 0PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 July 2024
Site notice end
7 August 2024

Appeal history

3354903
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 March 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13097592
Documents
17
Constraints
3

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Sandwell

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