PD/25/03068

1. 7 Oct 2025

   Received by Sandwell

2. 15 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 5 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: P D Change of Use required and refused

4. 1 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• DC/26/71832 Awaiting decision

  322 High Street Smethwick B66 3PD

  Proposed change of use from existing 6 No. bedroom (6 person) HMO to 8 No. bedroom (8 person) HMO and associated works (Revision to refused planning permission DC/26/71606).

  10 Jun 2026 36m away Full applications
• DC/25/71129 Granted

  322 High Street Smethwick B66 3PD

  Proposed single storey rear extension, loft conversion, rear dormer window, garage conversion into habitable room and change of use from residential dwelling to a 6 No. person HMO (Lawful Development Certificate).

  20 Oct 2025 97m away Lawful development
• DC/26/71887 Awaiting decision

  78 Edgbaston Road Smethwick B66 4LF

  Proposed single storey rear extension.

  1 Jul 2026 110m away Householder
• DC/26/71603 Granted

  Builders Yard Adjacent 13 Claremont Road Smethwick B66 4JZ

  Proposed change of use of ground floor from workshop to self contained studio, raising of rear roof, with bay window to front, and window to rear.

  27 Mar 2026 171m away Full applications
• DC/24/69071 Granted

  Rear Of 430 And 432 High Street Smethwick B66 3PJ

  Proposed change of use of rear ground floor residential dwelling to retail with new shop front.

  30 Jan 2024 204m away Full applications
• PD/23/02331 Decided

  67 Rosefield Road Smethwick B67 6DX

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.0m L x 4.0m H (2.4m to eaves).

  20 Feb 2023 304m away Prior approval

• PD/26/03269 Decided

  2 Victory Rise West Bromwich B71 1EF

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 5.0m L x 3.0m H (3.0m to eaves)

  22 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• PD/26/03268 Decided

  26 Somerset Crescent Wednesbury WS10 0SG

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.00m L x 3.60m H (2.50m to eaves)

  22 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• PD/26/03270 Refused

  44 Pleasant Street West Bromwich B70 0RE

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.0m L x 3.0m H (3.0m to eaves)

  22 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• PD/26/03267 Decided

  22 Dewberry Drive Walsall WS5 4RZ

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 5.5m L x 2.9m H (2.9m to eaves)

  18 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• PD/26/03293 Awaiting decision

  27 Stella Road Tipton DY4 9BW

  Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.50m L x 3.05m H (2.80m to eaves)

  22 Jul 2026 Prior approval