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Unit 1 Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 3DT

DC/11/53026Change of UseWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 30 March 2011

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from industrial to pool/snooker hall with ancillary cafe/bar for a temporary period of 3 years.

Received
3 February 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
14
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 1 Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 3DT. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 55 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 3 other applications 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 3DT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2011
Consultation expiry
4 March 2011
Consultation start
10 February 2011
Consultation end
3 March 2011
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2011
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2011
Last date for comments
4 March 2011
Target decision date
1 April 2011
Committee meeting
16 March 2011
Application expires
1 April 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2011
Advertisement expiry
4 March 2011
Site notice start
10 February 2011
Site notice end
3 March 2011

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
11

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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© 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.

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Source: Sandwell

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