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Accord Housing 178 Birmingham Road West Bromwich B70 6QG

PD/26/03171Prior Notification All OthersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: PD Office to Resi Granted with conditionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed conversion of existing ground floor to 4 no. studio flats.

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
West Bromwich Central
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Accord Housing 178 Birmingham Road West Bromwich B70 6QG. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in 1 listed building 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.

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
B70 6QG
Application type
Prior Notification All Others
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
31 March 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026
Permission expires
29 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14742540
Documents
17
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 67/00041/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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