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A1 House Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JL

DC/12/54276Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 12 April 2012

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retention of use at first floor as house in multiple occupation.

Received
10 February 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Arcon Architects
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at A1 House Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JL. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer 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.

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 2JL
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2012
Consultation expiry
13 March 2012
Consultation start
21 February 2012
Consultation end
13 March 2012
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2012
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2012
Last date for comments
13 March 2012
Target decision date
13 April 2012
Application expires
13 April 2012

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01814275
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
16

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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