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39 Richards Road Tipton DY4 9JN

DC/25/70735Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 August 2025

Council decision: Grant Conditional Temporary PermissionDelegated (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

Retention of use of residential dwelling (Class C3) to a child-minding business for up to 15 children/babies with dropped kerb and ancillary car parking/cycle parking.

Received
17 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Princes End
Agent
Ashall Town Planning
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 39 Richards Road Tipton DY4 9JN. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Princes End. We hold 546 applications in total for the DY4 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
DY4 9JN
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2025
Consultation expiry
4 August 2025
Consultation end
4 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 August 2025
Last date for comments
4 August 2025
Target decision date
2 September 2025
Permission expires
18 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashall Town Planning
Agent address
Stratford House 5 Cortland Avenue Eccleston PR7 5FP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13990085
Comments
0
Documents
25
Constraints
8

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. 2025
    12 Sep

    Proposed discharge of conditions 4a and 4b of planning permission DC/25/70735

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/25/00932
  2. 2025
    17 Jun

    Retention of use of residential dwelling (Class C3) to a child-minding business for up to 15 children/babies…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/25/70735

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