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Land At Friar Park Road Wednesbury

DC/26/71520Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Screening opinion - EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Screening Opinion for proposed residential development on land to the north of Friar Park.

Received
5 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Friar Park
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Friar Park Road Wednesbury. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Friar Park.

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

Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Social Club Friar Park Farm, Kent Road, WednesburyRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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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