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Unit 1 James Watt Industrial Park Steel Bright Road Smethwick B66 2NW

DC/18/62316Change of Use (Major)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 January 2019

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposed change of use to metals recycling facility with additional fire water tank, mobile generator and weighbridge.

Received
15 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
EC Consultancy Services Ltd
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 1 James Watt Industrial Park Steel Bright Road Smethwick B66 2NW. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. 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 2NW
Application type
Change of Use (Major)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2018
Consultation expiry
17 November 2018
Consultation start
22 October 2018
Consultation end
12 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
22 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
14 November 2018
Last date for comments
17 November 2018
Target decision date
22 January 2019
Permission expires
22 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
EC Consultancy Services Ltd
Agent address
6 Nevil Road Bristol BS79EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 October 2018
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07150044
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    25 Feb

    Discharge of condition 3a of planning permission DC/18/62316

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/19/00048
  2. 2018
    15 Oct

    Proposed change of use to metals recycling facility with additional fire water tank, mobile generator and…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/18/62316

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