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Unit 901D Smethwick Enterprise Centre Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/20/64271Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 July 2020

Council decision: Grant Conditional Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from (Use Class B1 Business) to (Use Class D1 Non-residential institution) to be used as a tuition centre for music lessons.

Received
19 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 901D Smethwick Enterprise Centre Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
28 May 2020
Consultation expiry
20 June 2020
Consultation end
18 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start
28 May 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2020
Last date for comments
20 June 2020
Target decision date
23 July 2020
Permission expires
17 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
88 Pool Farm Road Birmingham B27 7HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
  • Brownfield land register: North Smethwick Canalside, SmethwickRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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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