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244 - 246 Duchess Parade High Street West Bromwich B70 7QG

DC/26/71522Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use of fast food restaurant (Class E) to a bingo premises (sui generis) on ground floor and Tanning Salon (Class E) on the first floor, with smoking shelter to side and new shop front.

Received
6 March 2026
Decision due
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West Bromwich Central
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 244 - 246 Duchess Parade High Street West Bromwich B70 7QG. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 7QG
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation end
13 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Woods Whur
Agent address
St James House 28 Park Place Leeds LS1 2SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14750688
Documents
12
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Star and Garter, 252 Duchess Parade, West BromwichRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 Mar

    Proposed internally-illuminated fascia sign, and internally-illuminated projecting sign.

    PendingAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDC/26/6990A
  2. 2026
    6 Mar

    Proposed change of use of fast food restaurant (Class E) to a bingo premises (sui generis) on ground floor…

    This applicationPendingAmendmentDC/26/71522

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