Planning application
Halfway House 75 Old Meeting Street West Bromwich B70 9SR
Works: New dwelling Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed alteration of public house at ground floor approved flat 3 to a retail unit (Class e (a, b, c, e)), first floor rear extension with rear dormer window design alteration of approved flats 1 and 5 (remaining as 1-bedroom flats) and flat 6 (remaining as 2-bedrooms), flats 2, 4, and 9 (create one additional bedroom), and hipped roof design to extension, with associated cycle and bin storage. (no alterations to existing flats 7 & 8).
As published by the council, reference DC/26/71787
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/71787
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hateley Heath
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- B70 9SR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by Sandwell
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31 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sandwell took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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