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Newcomen Drive Open Space Newcomen Drive Tipton

DC/26/71369Major - Variations of permissionsApproved
Full

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee23 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed variation of conditions 11, 12 and 19 of planning permission DC/21/66125 (Proposed industrial/warehousing development (use classes B2/ B8) together with associated access, servicing, parking and landscaping).

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Tipton Green
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Newcomen Drive Open Space Newcomen Drive Tipton. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Tipton Green.

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

Application type
Major - Variations of permissions
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026
Committee meeting
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Elias Topping
Agent address
20 Blythe Way Solihull B91 3EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026
Site notice start
29 January 2026
Site notice end
19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14587654
Documents
11
Constraints
62

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Newcomen Drive, TiptonRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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