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119 Bleakhouse Road Oldbury B68 0LT

DC/26/72143Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for up to 3 No. young people aged between 8-17 years old and reduction in ground levels to front for new driveway and boundary walls.

Received
28 September 2026
Decision due
11 December 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Old Warley
Agent
Idafa Architects Ltd
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (11)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 119 Bleakhouse Road Oldbury B68 0LT. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Old Warley. We hold 280 applications in total for the B68 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
B68 0LT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2026
Consultation expiry
9 November 2026
Consultation end
9 November 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 November 2026
Last date for comments
9 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Idafa Architects Ltd
Architect profile
IDAFA ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 20 The Buisness Centre Edward Street Redditch, B97 6HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15250297
Documents
11
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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