A plan to add two storeys to a shop to make way for new flats has been rejected by a council.

The work to the former Hateley Heath Post Office and McColl’s convenience store in Jowetts Lane, West Bromwich, would have seen the building’s first floor extended and a second storey added to make way for seven new flats.

However, planners at Sandwell Council have rejected the application saying it would be too big and add to parking problems.

Sandwell Council said a three-storey building would be “out-of-scale” and “unduly prominent” and would lead to a loss of light and outlook for neighbours.

The local authority’s planners also said the extensions and flats plans did not include any parking spaces so it would add to congestion problems in the area.

Planners at Sandwell Council had criti

See Full Page