5 - 6 Long Lane Rowley Regis B65 0JA

DC/25/71046Permission in PrincipleRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed two storey detached apartment block consisting of 4 No. self-contained apartments to rear (permission in principle)

Received: 22 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Blackheath

ReceivedReceived22 Sep
ValidatedValidated25 Sep
Consult.Consultation13 Oct
TargetTarget Date30 Oct
DecidedDecided29 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 5 - 6 Long Lane Rowley Regis B65 0JA. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Blackheath. We hold 538 applications in total for the B65 postcode area.

90% of outline 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: B65 0JA
Application type: Permission in Principle
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 October 2025
Consultation end: 13 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 29 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 13 October 2025
Last date for comments: 21 October 2025
Target decision date: 30 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1 Albion Terrace Broom B50 4HG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 30 September 2025
Site notice end: 14 October 2025

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 15
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.

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3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Sandwell

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