17 Vowles Road West Bromwich B71 1AT

DC/25/71143HouseholderApproved

Approved on 21 January 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retention of garage conversion into habitable room.

Received: 24 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Hateley Heath

ReceivedReceived24 Oct
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation30 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided21 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 17 Vowles Road West Bromwich B71 1AT. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Hateley Heath. We hold 474 applications in total for the B71 postcode area.

87% of full 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: B71 1AT
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 2 January 2026
Consultation end: 30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 2 January 2026
Last date for comments: 2 January 2026
Target decision date: 26 January 2026
Permission expires: 21 January 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14432403
Comments: 0
Documents: 10
Constraints: 12

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.

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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.

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Source: Sandwell

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