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Land To Rear High Point Academy Friar Park Road Wednesbury

DC/25/71072Approved

Approved on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to Conditions24 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed 18 dwellings, public open space and infrastructure.

Received
1 October 2025
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 297 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land To Rear High Point Academy Friar Park Road Wednesbury. Sandwell has handled 5,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 34 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: STW/SMBC Land, Friar Park Road, WednesburyRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Sandwell

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