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8 Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JL

DC/12/54404Change of Use (Major)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 December 2012

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change the use of the premises to a banqueting and community centre, with associated external parking, access and landscaping works.

Received
20 March 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
Brooke Smith Planning
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 261 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JL. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 267 days, 30 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls. 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 (Major)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2012
Consultation expiry
25 March 2013
Consultation start
4 March 2013
Consultation end
25 March 2013
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2012
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2012
Last date for comments
25 March 2013
Target decision date
25 June 2012
Committee meeting
21 November 2012
Application expires
25 June 2012
Permission expires
12 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brooke Smith Planning
Agent address
The Cloisters 12 George Road Birmingham B15 1NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 March 2012
Advertisement expiry
20 April 2012
Site notice start
27 March 2012
Site notice end
17 April 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01866711
Documents
35
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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

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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. 2012
    4 Aug

    Change of use of land from storage (Class B8) to car park (Sui Generis) in association with banqueting and…

    ApprovedChange of Use (Major)RelatedDC/12/54956
  2. 2012
    20 Mar

    Change the use of the premises to a banqueting and community centre, with associated external parking, access…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/12/54404

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