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Sandwell And West Birmingham NHS Trust Sandwell General Hospital Lyndon West Bromwich B71 4HJ

DC/26/71381Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 13 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed 140.705kWp photovoltaic system on the Emergency Services Centre (ESC), Catering Building (CAT), Lyndon Primary Care Centre (LHC) (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Bromwich Central
Agent
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Sandwell And West Birmingham NHS Trust Sandwell General Hospital Lyndon West Bromwich B71 4HJ. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 52 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across West Bromwich Central. We hold 474 applications in total for the B71 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
B71 4HJ
Application type
Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd
Agent address
Century House Roman Road Blackburn BB1 2LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14551070
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
12

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.

Source: Sandwell

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