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278 & 280 High Street West Bromwich B70 8AQ

DC/26/71456Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use of first and second floors to a self-contained flat and 8 no. bedroom HMO accommodation with communal area, and dormer window to rear.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision due
29 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
West Bromwich Central
Agent
Master Design Studio
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 25 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 278 & 280 High Street West Bromwich B70 8AQ. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the High Street conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across West Bromwich Central. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 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
B70 8AQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Master Design Studio
Architect profile
MASTER DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
51 Vittoria Street The Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B1 3NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2026
Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14703539
Documents
13
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Bromwich High Street
  • Heritage at Risk Register: High Street, West Bromwich, Black Country
  • Brownfield land register: First And Second Floors 280 High Street West Bromwich B70 8AQRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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