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2A Elsma Road Oldbury B68 0LX

DC/26/71387Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from house in multiple occupation (HMO) to a residential care home for up to 5 No. adults (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Warley
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2A Elsma Road Oldbury B68 0LX. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Old Warley. We hold 281 applications in total for the B68 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
B68 0LX
Application type
Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
18 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14641648
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
6

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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