1 James Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 5EU

DC/25/70618Change of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 September 2025

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from dwelling house (Class C3) to residential home for one child (Class C2).

Received: 9 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Newton

ReceivedReceived9 May
ValidatedValidated28 May
Consult.Consultation18 Jun
TargetTarget Date19 Sep
DecidedDecided19 Sep

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 James Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 5EU. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 551 applications in total for the B43 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: B43 5EU
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 19 June 2025
Consultation end: 18 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 28 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 18 June 2025
Last date for comments: 21 June 2025
Target decision date: 19 September 2025
Permission expires: 19 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 114 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 29 May 2025
Site notice end: 19 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14002581
Comments: 0
Documents: 32
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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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.

Source: Sandwell

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