The Bridge Charles Street West Bromwich B70 0AZ
Approved on 12 November 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed change of use from offices to commercial catering business for offsite venues, including extraction flue and single storey side extension to provide cold storage.
- Received
- 17 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Great Bridge
- Agent
- Thorne Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided12 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Bridge Charles Street West Bromwich B70 0AZ. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Great Bridge. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 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
- B70 0AZ
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thorne Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- THORNE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Creative Industries Centre Glaisher Drive Wolverhampton WV10 9TG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14325404
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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