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72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/19/63558Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 December 2019

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing tile/kitchen showroom (class A1) to mixed use comprising of goods manufacturing/catering (class B2) and Asian sweet centre (class A1) with retention of delivery car parking space.

Received
19 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Architecture & Interior Design
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 72 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. 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 2AR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2019
Consultation expiry
30 November 2019
Consultation end
18 November 2019
Last date for comments
30 November 2019
Target decision date
10 December 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture & Interior Design
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN LTD
Agent address
17 Coleshill Road Hodge Hill Birmingham B36 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 October 2019
Advertisement expiry
30 November 2019
Site notice start
6 November 2019
Site notice end
29 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08159671
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
  • Brownfield land register: 173 Rolfe Street SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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