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Units 3-8 Block C Old Park Trading Estate Old Park Road Wednesbury WS10 9LR

PD/15/00448General Permitted Development OtherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 January 2016

Council decision: P D Solar Panels not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed solar panels to roofs

Received
19 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wednesbury North
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Units 3-8 Block C Old Park Trading Estate Old Park Road Wednesbury WS10 9LR. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Wednesbury North. We hold 698 applications in total for the WS10 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WS10 9LR
Application type
General Permitted Development Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2015
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2015
Target decision date
14 January 2016
Application expires
14 January 2016
Permission expires
8 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lark Energy Commercial
Agent address
Future Business Centre London Road Peterborough PE2 8AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Old Park Trading Estate site, on Old Park Road, WednesburyRegister 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.

Source: Sandwell

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