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78 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/20/63986Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 April 2020

Council decision: Grant Lawful Use CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from general industrial (Use Class B2) to offices (Use Class B1(a)) - Lawful Development Certificate.

Received
13 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Integrated Designs & Associates Ltd
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 78 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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.

90% of outline 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
Lawful Dvpt Certificate Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2020
Target decision date
15 April 2020
Decision issued
24 April 2020
Permission expires
24 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Integrated Designs & Associates Ltd
Agent address
38 Old Walsall Road Birmingham B42 1NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
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
  • 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

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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