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154 - 155 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU

DC/11/53928Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 5 December 2011

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use at ground floor to training facility and first floor to associated residential accommodation.

Received
10 October 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 154 - 155 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. 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 2AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2011
Consultation expiry
4 November 2011
Consultation start
14 October 2011
Consultation end
4 November 2011
Neighbour consultation start
14 October 2011
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2011
Last date for comments
4 November 2011
Target decision date
6 December 2011
Application expires
6 December 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 October 2011
Site notice end
4 November 2011

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
18

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2011
    10 Oct

    Proposed 2no. illuminated fascia signs.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDC/11/5846A
  2. 2011
    10 Oct

    Change of use at ground floor to training facility and first floor to associated residential accommodation.

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentDC/11/53928

Source: Sandwell

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