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Ash Lodge Nursing Home 135 Londonderry Lane Smethwick B67 7EL

Awaiting decision Sandwell DC/26/71967 Variations of permissions

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning permission DC/23/67935 (Variation of condition 1 of planning permissions DC/17/60345, DC/18/62497, DC/16/59385, DC/00/36869 and DC/20/64587) to remove reference to Site Block Plan AP16019-16 and insert new condition 3 relating to parking.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/71967

Application record

Reference
DC/26/71967
Type
Variations of permissions
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Smethwick
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
B67 7EL

Comment by 12 September 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Sandwell's portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jul 2026

    Received by Sandwell

  2. 27 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 21 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.

Who's behind it

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

13 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

The process from here

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About this record

Reading the register

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