Planning appeal decision
102 Apsley Road, Oldbury, B68 0QU
Planning appeal 3302292 at 102 Apsley Road, Oldbury, B68 0QU (Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 December 2022 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
a ground and first floor side extension, single storey rear and front extensions with new porch, hipped roof to gable roof, loft conversion with rear dormer windows, velux windows to front, single storey pitched roof across frontage, flat roof to single storey rear extension and fenestration alterations
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- B68 0QU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The conversion of the hipped roof to a gable roof would create a noticeably unsymmetrical and unbalanced appearance with the paired semi-detached dwelling, substantially altering the positive contribution of the uniform hipped roofscape to the character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV3 of The Black Country Core Strategy 2011Policy EOS9 of The Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Site Allocations and Delivery Development Plan Document 2012
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed26 August 2025336564771 Victoria Road, Oldbury, B68 9UJ
- Dismissed16 April 2025335520310 Hall Road, Smethwick, B67 6SG
- Allowed7 March 2023330035339 Pear Tree Drive, Birmingham, B43 6HT
- Allowed19 July 20213271775Land to Rear of 20 Miles Grove, Dudley, DY2 7TQ
- Dismissed22 October 2026601467168 Abbotsford Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6HD
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®