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Bishopsgate Works 80A Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/21/65643Major - Variations of permissionsApproved
Full

Approved on 12 July 2021

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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 variation of conditions of planning permission DC/20/65032 (Proposed change of use from warehouse and gym to church and community centre) to limit the use of the premises exclusively to 'St Korkos Orthodox Church and Eritreans' Community' charity and to vary the opening hours to Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm and Saturday and Sunday 5am to 9pm.

Received
11 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Lapworth Architects
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bishopsgate Works 80A Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 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.

87% of full 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
Major - Variations of permissions
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2021
Consultation expiry
10 July 2021
Consultation end
24 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2021
Last date for comments
10 July 2021
Target decision date
11 August 2021
Permission expires
12 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lapworth Architects
Architect profile
LAPWORTH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
4 Edward Street Birmingham B1 2RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 June 2021
Advertisement expiry
10 July 2021
Site notice start
7 June 2021
Site notice end
30 June 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09808614
Documents
4
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    11 May

    Proposed variation of conditions of planning permission DC/20/65032

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/65643
  2. 2020
    7 Dec

    Proposed change of use from warehouse and gym to church and community centre.

    PendingChange of Use (Major)Part ofDC/20/65032

Source: Sandwell

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