Planning application
Masseys Cafe Unit 7A Fountain Business Park Fountain Lane Oldbury B69 3FH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from clothes recycling centre to cafe/takeaway (Re-submission of refused planning permission DC/25/70295).
As published by the council, reference DC/26/71791
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/71791
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 28 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Ward
- Oldbury
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- B69 3FH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 May 2026
Received by Sandwell
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29 May 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 24 July 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 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
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