Biffa Tipton Secure Waste Recycling Facility Chimney Road Tipton DY4 7BY
Approved on 4 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Proposed redevelopment of existing waste site to a Secure Waste and Recycling Facility with associated structures, car parking, and fencing.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wednesbury South
- Agent
- Sirius Planning
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 May
- DecidedDecided4 Jun
Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Biffa Tipton Secure Waste Recycling Facility Chimney Road Tipton DY4 7BY. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 184 days, 18 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Wednesbury South. We hold 548 applications in total for the DY4 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
- DY4 7BY
- Application type
- Full (Major)
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Sirius Planning
- Agent address
- 4245 Park Approach Thorpe Park Leeds LS15 8GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
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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© 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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Associated applications
- 202629 Jun
Proposed discharge of condition 5 of planning permission DC/25/71251
PendingDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/01041 - 20252 Dec
Proposed redevelopment of existing waste site to a Secure Waste and Recycling Facility with associated…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/71251
Source: Sandwell
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