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171 & 72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU

DC/11/53628Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 November 2011

Council decision: Grant Temporary Retrospective ConsentPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Retention of use as wedding hall.

Received
21 July 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Arcon Architects
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Feb
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 171 & 72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. 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.

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 2AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2011
Consultation expiry
29 February 2012
Consultation start
8 February 2012
Consultation end
29 February 2012
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2011
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2011
Last date for comments
29 February 2012
Target decision date
27 October 2011
Committee meeting
19 October 2011
Decision issued
3 November 2011
Application expires
27 October 2011
Permission expires
3 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arcon Architects
Architect profile
ARCON ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
72 Cliveden Avenue Great Barr B42 1SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 August 2011
Advertisement expiry
2 September 2011
Site notice start
11 August 2011
Site notice end
1 September 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01565410
Documents
12
Constraints
4

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    30 Oct

    Removal of condition 6 of DC/11/53628

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/14/57639
  2. 2011
    21 Jul

    Retention of use as wedding hall.

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/11/53628

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