358 Birchfield Lane Oldbury B69 1AE

DC/26/71429Change of UseAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for up to 4 No. young people aged between 7 -17 years old.

Received: 5 February 2026
Decision due: 9 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Langley

ReceivedReceived5 Feb
ValidatedValidated12 Feb
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date9 Apr
DecidedDecided

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Comment on the council's site Documents (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 358 Birchfield Lane Oldbury B69 1AE. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Langley. 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 1AE
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2026
Consultation end: 5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 5 March 2026
Last date for comments: 5 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14679823
Comments: 0
Documents: 13
Constraints: 14

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sandwell

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