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Unit 8 Powke Lane Industrial Estate Powke Lane Rowley Regis B65 0AH

DC/18/62397Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 April 2019

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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 partial change of use at ground floor, and change of use at first floor with extension to create a Karate centre (D2 use class, assembly and leisure).

Received
12 November 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Blackheath
Agent
Bi Design Architecture Ltd
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 8 Powke Lane Industrial Estate Powke Lane Rowley Regis B65 0AH. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 15 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Blackheath. We hold 538 applications in total for the B65 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
B65 0AH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2018
Consultation expiry
16 February 2019
Consultation start
14 November 2018
Consultation end
5 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
7 December 2018
Last date for comments
16 February 2019
Target decision date
8 January 2019
Committee meeting
13 March 2019
Permission expires
24 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bi Design Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
BI DESIGN ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
79 High Street Repton DE65 6GF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2019
Advertisement expiry
16 February 2019
Site notice start
10 January 2019
Site notice end
2 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07412800
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
6

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.

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. 2022
    30 Mar

    Proposed discharge of conditions 3a and 4 of planning permission DC/18/62397

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/22/00432
  2. 2018
    12 Nov

    Proposed partial change of use at ground floor, and change of use at first floor with extension to create a…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/18/62397

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