A FIRE-DAMAGED former Oldbury pub will be converted into a huge 21 bed HMO, if plans get the go-ahead.

A proposal to convert the former Royal Oak Inn on Causeway Green Road into a house of multiple occupation has gone in to Sandwell Council.

The application, from Lichfield-based Neil Boddison Associates, includes the building of a third floor as well as the installation of loft dormer windows and a new boundary wall with railings.

Plans show five bedrooms with en-suites on the ground floor and a communal kitchen and six bedrooms with en-suites and a communal kitchen on the first and second floors.

On the third floor there's four bedrooms with en-suites and a landlord's store.

There are four car parking spaces.

Pic: An Artists impression of how the HMO would look by Neil Boddison Associates and submitted to Sandwell Council

Pic: An Artists' impression of how the HMO would look by Neil Boddison Associates and submitted to Sandwell Council

The building has been ravaged by fire, with part of it having collapsed.

The planning application states the building is "Vacant, part demolished due to fire damage."

House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) living involves sharing part of the accommodation.

It applies to both bedsit-style housing and shared housing where a group of people who are not related share a house or flat.