Barclays 17 Church Square Oldbury B69 4DX
Approved on 9 October 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions
Proposal
Proposed change of use from former bank to mixed-use comprising of part ground floor to retail unit and 5 bedroom HMO (5 No. occupants) across ground floor/first floors and fenestration alterations to ground floor/first floor side.
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Oldbury
- Agent
- Lapworth Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 Mar
- TargetTarget Date9 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Oct
Decided in 242 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Barclays 17 Church Square Oldbury B69 4DX. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 263 days, 30 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Square conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Oldbury. 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 4DX
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 October 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 October 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lapworth Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- LAPWORTH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 4 Edward Street Birmingham B1 2RX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 242 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 11 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 28
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Oldbury Church Square
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202613 Oct
Proposed discharge of condition 10 of planning permission DC/26/71376
PendingDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/01092 - 202619 Jan
Proposed change of use from former bank to mixed-use comprising of part ground floor to retail unit and 5…
This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/26/71376 - 202619 Jan
Proposed internal alterations to ground and first floors and replacement of ground floor/first floor UPVC…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/26/71377
Source: Sandwell
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