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Cottage Spring 106 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG

DC/24/70123Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 March 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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 from public house (Sui Generis) to Office (Class E), with single storey side and rear extensions, new roller shutters to windows, new fence and gate.

Received
20 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Wednesbury North
Agent
Betaplan Ltd
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cottage Spring 106 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 2 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
31 January 2025
Consultation expiry
27 February 2025
Consultation end
21 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 February 2025
Last date for comments
27 February 2025
Target decision date
28 March 2025
Permission expires
26 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Betaplan Ltd
Agent address
21 Milestone Drive Hagley Stourbridge DY9 0LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2025
Site notice end
27 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13652790
Documents
20
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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Feb

    Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of planning permission DC/24/70123

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/00997
  2. 2024
    20 Dec

    Proposed change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to Office (Class E), with single storey side and rear…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/24/70123

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