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Perryfields High School Maths And Computing College And Sixth Form Oldacre Road Oldbury B68 0RG

DC/25/71275Full (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)27 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of 6 No. existing school buildings and proposed 1 No. new three storey school building with access, parking, sports facilities, landscaping and associated works.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Old Warley
Agent
Define Planning & Design Ltd
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 183 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Perryfields High School Maths And Computing College And Sixth Form Oldacre Road Oldbury B68 0RG. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 19 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Old Warley. We hold 280 applications in total for the B68 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
B68 0RG
Application type
Full (Major)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation end
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
22 January 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026
Committee meeting
10 June 2026
Permission expires
17 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Define Planning & Design Ltd
Agent address
Unit 6 133-137 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 1SF

Planning decision

Statutory period
185 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
22 January 2026
Site notice start
17 December 2025
Site notice end
10 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14399940
Documents
143
Constraints
17

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.

Source: Sandwell

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