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Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 3DT

DC/07/48506Full (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 24 October 2007

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing industrial units and erection of 4 new units with car parking (revised application).

Received
11 September 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 3DT. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 3DT
Application type
Full (Major)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2007
Consultation expiry
19 October 2007
Consultation start
25 September 2007
Consultation end
16 October 2007
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2007
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2007
Last date for comments
19 October 2007
Target decision date
12 December 2007
Committee meeting
24 October 2007
Decision issued
2 November 2007
Application expires
7 November 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
66 Barlich Way Redditch West Midlands B98 7JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 September 2007
Advertisement expiry
19 October 2007
Site notice start
25 September 2007
Site notice end
16 October 2007

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyNext to the site
  • 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

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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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