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Units 1, 3, 4 & 5 Empire Trading Estate New Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 2AJ

DC/05/44451Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 July 2005

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of use in units 1, 3,4 & 5, as trade cash and carry warehouse, with ancillary open storage.

Received
26 April 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Units 1,3,4 & 5 Empire Trading Estate New Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 2AJ. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B66 2AJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2005
Consultation expiry
13 July 2005
Consultation start
22 June 2005
Consultation end
13 July 2005
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2005
Neighbour consultation end
24 May 2005
Last date for comments
13 July 2005
Target decision date
28 June 2005
Committee meeting
6 July 2005
Decision issued
8 July 2005
Application expires
28 June 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao: Mrs J A Topping 3 Temple Row West Birmingham B2 5NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 May 2005
Advertisement expiry
27 May 2005
Site notice start
3 May 2005
Site notice end
24 May 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sandwell

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