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118 Abbey Road Smethwick B67 5LP

DC/26/71338Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to 6 person HMO with single storey rear extension, loft conversion and rear dormer window (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
Property Planning Consultants Ltd
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 118 Abbey Road Smethwick B67 5LP. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Abbey. We hold 166 applications in total for the B67 postcode area.

90% of outline 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
B67 5LP
Application type
Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Property Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address
42 High Street Wolverhampton

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14585736
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
6

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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