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Warley Supermarkets 3 - 5 St Pauls Road Smethwick B66 1EE

DC/21/65805Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 18 August 2021

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of change of use from office/storage to 6 No. flats at first and second floors, dormer extensions to front and rear, second floor rear roof terraces with metal railings and associated bin and cycle stores.

Received
11 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
ASB Property Consultants Ltd
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Warley Supermarkets 3 - 5 St Pauls Road Smethwick B66 1EE. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 1EE
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2021
Consultation expiry
14 August 2021
Consultation end
2 August 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2021
Last date for comments
14 August 2021
Target decision date
9 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
ASB Property Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Exchange House 494 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 2EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2021
Advertisement expiry
14 August 2021
Site notice start
14 July 2021
Site notice end
6 August 2021

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High Street
  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    29 Dec

    Retention of change of use from office/storage to 6.No. flats at first and second floors, dormer windows to…

    ApprovedChange of UseRelatedDC/21/66465
  2. 2021
    11 Jun

    Retention of change of use from office/storage to 6 No. flats at first and second floors, dormer extensions…

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentDC/21/65805

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