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Unit 3 & 4 2 - 4 Bridge Street South Smethwick B66 3DR

DC/09/50542Change of Use (Major)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 March 2009

Council decision: Grant Conditional Temporary PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from van repairs to dismantling vans for spare parts, with staff car parking to side, and rear yard area for the parking of unused/damaged vehicles.

Received
30 January 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 3 & 4 2 - 4 Bridge Street South Smethwick B66 3DR. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 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. 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 3DR
Application type
Change of Use (Major)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2009
Consultation expiry
6 March 2009
Consultation start
10 February 2009
Consultation end
3 March 2009
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2009
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2009
Last date for comments
6 March 2009
Target decision date
2 May 2009
Committee meeting
18 March 2009
Decision issued
16 April 2009
Application expires
2 May 2009
Permission expires
16 April 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
283a High Street Smethwick West Midlands B66 3NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2009
Advertisement expiry
6 March 2009
Site notice start
10 February 2009
Site notice end
3 March 2009

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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© 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.

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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. 2012
    13 Jun

    Renewal of temporary planning permission - DC/09/50542

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/12/54756
  2. 2009
    30 Jan

    Change of use from van repairs to dismantling vans for spare parts, with staff car parking to side, and rear…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/09/50542

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