1 Walcot Drive Great Barr Birmingham B43 5TH

DC/26/71420Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from dwelling (Class C3a) to a residential home for up to two children aged 7 to 18 years, with a manager and up to two carers (Class C2) (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received: 3 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Newton
Agent: Rose Consulting

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated3 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date31 Mar
DecidedDecided30 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Walcot Drive Great Barr Birmingham B43 5TH. 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 12 applications across Newton. We hold 551 applications in total for the B43 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: B43 5TH
Application type: Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 February 2026
Target decision date: 31 March 2026
Permission expires: 30 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Rose Consulting
Agent address: 16 Rhodesia Avenue Halifax HX3 0PB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14671405
Comments: 0
Documents: 11
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

Source: Sandwell

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