27 Springfield Crescent West Bromwich B70 6LL

DC/26/71337Change of UseAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to residential home for up to four children (Class C2).

Received: 5 January 2026
Decision due: 15 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: West Bromwich Central

ReceivedReceived5 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation13 Feb
TargetTarget Date15 May
DecidedDecided

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Comment on the council's site Documents (7)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27 Springfield Crescent West Bromwich B70 6LL. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across West Bromwich Central. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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: B70 6LL
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 13 February 2026
Consultation end: 13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 13 February 2026
Last date for comments: 13 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 112 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14571470
Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 9

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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sandwell

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