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12 Gibson Drive Smethwick B66 1RW

DC/19/62842Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 20 August 2019

Council decision: Refuse permissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use to 8 bed, 8 person HMO (house in multiple occupation).

Received
4 March 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
Anjum Design Ltd
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 Gibson Drive Smethwick B66 1RW. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 1RW
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2019
Consultation expiry
17 June 2019
Consultation start
26 March 2019
Consultation end
17 June 2019
Neighbour consultation start
5 August 2019
Neighbour consultation end
18 April 2019
Last date for comments
18 April 2019
Target decision date
13 May 2019
Committee meeting
14 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anjum Design Ltd
Architect profile
ANJUM DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
435 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07658089
Documents
11
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyNext to the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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