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5 Lombard Street West Bromwich B70 8RT

Granted Sandwell PD/25/02948 Prior Notification Office to Residential

Works: New dwelling

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing offices (Class E) to to 44 self-contained residential apartments (Class C3).

As published by the council, reference PD/25/02948

Application record

Reference
PD/25/02948
Type
Prior Notification Office to Residential
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: PD Office to Resi Granted with condition
Received
6 May 2025
Validated
6 May 2025
Decided
27 Jun 2025
Ward
West Bromwich Central
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
B70 8RT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sandwell register

This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • PD/20/01568 Decided

    5 Lombard Street West Bromwich B70 8RT

    Proposed change of use of existing offices to 44 No. one and two bed residential apartments.

    Decided 26 Nov 2020 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 May 2025

    Received by Sandwell

  2. 27 Jun 2025

    Decision issued: PD Office to Resi Granted with condition

  3. 21 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

RGP Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Barnstaple

Active · incorporated 2008 · Barnstaple

12 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 100% granted

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Documents

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

30 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Sandwell granted permission on 27 June 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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