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171 & 72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/10/52236Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 December 2010

Council decision: Grant Conditional Temporary PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use from offices/factory to offices, conference suite and cafe/bar for conference suite patrons and associated car parking (resubmission of DC/10/51908).

Received
26 May 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 171 & 72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 2AR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2010
Consultation expiry
27 December 2010
Consultation start
19 November 2010
Consultation end
27 December 2010
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2010
Neighbour consultation end
10 December 2010
Last date for comments
27 December 2010
Target decision date
14 January 2011
Committee meeting
22 December 2010
Application expires
14 January 2011
Permission expires
22 December 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bharya and Co
Agent address
76 Poplar Avenue Edgbaston Birmingham B17 8ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 June 2010
Advertisement expiry
2 July 2010
Site notice start
10 June 2010
Site notice end
1 July 2010

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
14

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
  • Brownfield land register: North Smethwick Canalside, 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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    26 May

    Proposed change of use from offices/factory to offices, conference suite and cafe/bar for conference suite…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/10/52236
  2. 2010
    4 Mar

    Proposed change of use from offices/factory to conference suite and cafe/bar for conference suite patrons and…

    WithdrawnChange of UsePart ofDC/10/51908

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