A FORMER Oldbury pub will be converted into a huge 22 bed HMO after planners gave the scheme the thumbs up.

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

The huge HMO will have three floors, with an extra floor added onto the former pub.

There will be just four parking spaces with access from Langley Green Road.

A report commissioned by the developer states this is "ample" as many households do not have cars.

The application, from Lichfield-based Neil Boddison Associates, shows five bedrooms with en-suites and a communal kitchen on the ground floor and seven bedrooms with en-suites and a communal kitchen on the first and second floors.

On the third floor there's three bedrooms with en-suites and a communal kitchen as well as a landlord's store.

The proposal features a new boundary wall with railings.

The decision was registered on November 12.

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.