69 Woodbourne Road Smethwick B67 5NB

DC/26/71368Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed front porch and existing 2 No. front rooflights (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received: 15 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Abbey
Agent: Lapworth Architects Limited

ReceivedReceived15 Jan
ValidatedValidated10 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Apr
DecidedDecided2 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a porch at 69 Woodbourne Road Smethwick B67 5NB. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer 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 5NB
Application type: Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 February 2026
Target decision date: 7 April 2026
Permission expires: 2 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Lapworth Architects Limited
Architect profile: LAPWORTH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: 4 Edward Street Birmingham B1 2RX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 4

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.

Source: Sandwell

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