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157A City Road Oldbury B69 1QP

DC/26/71373Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of first floor to 7 No. bedroom 7 No. person HMO.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Tividale
Agent
Barnab Limited
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 157A City Road Oldbury B69 1QP. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Tividale. We hold 198 applications in total for the B69 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
B69 1QP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barnab Limited
Agent address
41A St Stephens Terrace London SW8 1DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026
Site notice start
28 January 2026
Site notice end
18 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14627686
Documents
17
Constraints
11

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jan

    Retention of decked seating area with balustrades, seating pods, pavilion, retaining wall, entrance gate and…

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideDC/26/71385
  2. 2026
    19 Jan

    Retrospective change of use of first floor to 7 No. bedroom 7 No. person HMO.

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentDC/26/71373

Source: Sandwell

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