Planning application
374 High Street West Bromwich B70 8LR
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
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Proposal
Proposed conversion to 100 apartments (Use Class C3) car parking, secure cycle store, communal refuse store, and external alterations.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/71380
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/71380
- Type
- Full (Major)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- West Bromwich Central
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- B70 8LR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sandwell register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/20/64078 Granted
374 High Street West Bromwich B70 8LR
Proposed external alterations to the sixth floor.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Sandwell
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4 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 May 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sandwell took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Latimer Planning LLP Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Malvern
Active · incorporated 2010 · Malvern
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
80 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Sandwell for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Sandwell decided full applications in a median of 108 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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