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Site Of Tropical House Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR

DC/11/53626Outline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2011

Council decision: Grant Outline Permission with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed commercial unit for B1 use - outline application with all matters reserved.

Received
21 July 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
The Architectural Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Of Tropical House Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. 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.

90% of outline 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 2JR
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2011
Consultation expiry
29 August 2011
Consultation start
8 August 2011
Consultation end
29 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start
8 August 2011
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2011
Last date for comments
29 August 2011
Target decision date
26 September 2011
Application expires
26 September 2011
Permission expires
1 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Architectural Consultancy Ltd
Architect profile
THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Agent address
5 Sandy Croft Moseley Birmingham B13 0EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01563971
Comments
0
Documents
6
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.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sandwell

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