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70 Hillcrest Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6LU

DC/25/71205Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed driveway, dropped kerb and boundary fencing to front.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Barr With Yew Tree
Agent
Vibrant Architects
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 70 Hillcrest Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6LU. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Great Barr With Yew Tree. We hold 551 applications in total for the B43 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
B43 6LU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation end
12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 January 2026
Last date for comments
15 January 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026
Permission expires
6 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vibrant Architects
Architect profile
VIBRANT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
1A Endwood Court Road Birmingham B20 2RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14493182
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
5

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. 2026
    16 Mar

    Proposed discharge of conditions 4, 5 and 6 of planning permission DC/25/71205

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/01005
  2. 2025
    18 Nov

    Proposed driveway, dropped kerb and boundary fencing to front.

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/71205

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    11 Jan

    Proposed replacement of existing porch with pitched roof.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/24/68997

Source: Sandwell

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