55 Forest Road Oldbury B68 0ED
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed single storey rear extension.
- Received
- 14 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Old Warley
- Agent
- Mainwood Architects
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 55 Forest Road Oldbury B68 0ED. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Old Warley. We hold 281 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 0ED
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mainwood Architects
- Architect profile
- MAINWOOD ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 38 Grayswood Park Road Quinton B32 1HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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.
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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