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70 High Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 1DS

DC/06/46704Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2004

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed new staff room at ground floor and separate living unit above.

Received
10 August 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Smethwick
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

About this application

This is a full planning application at 70 High Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 1DS. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Smethwick. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

87% of full 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 1DS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2006
Consultation expiry
11 September 2006
Consultation start
21 August 2006
Consultation end
11 September 2006
Neighbour consultation start
21 August 2006
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2006
Last date for comments
11 September 2006
Target decision date
5 October 2006
Decision issued
2 October 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Willowsbrook Road Halesowen West Midlands B62 9RQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High Street
  • Brownfield land register: 80 - 82 High Street SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    26 May

    Proposed new staff room at ground floor and separate living unit above (Resubmission of approval DC/06/46704

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelatedDC/10/52241
  2. 2006
    10 Aug

    Proposed new staff room at ground floor and separate living unit above.

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/06/46704

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