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Unit 1 Empire Trading Estate New Street Smethwick West Midlands

DC/05/45370Variations of permissionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 December 2005

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 5 imposed on consent DC/05/44451 to permit use for Trade Cash and Carry warehouse.

Received
31 October 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Unit 1 Empire Trading Estate New Street Smethwick West Midlands. Sandwell has handled 5,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker 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.

Application details

Application type
Variations of permissions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2005
Consultation expiry
25 November 2005
Consultation end
25 November 2005
Last date for comments
25 November 2005
Target decision date
26 December 2005
Application expires
26 December 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Temple Row West Birmingham B2 5NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
5

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.

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