London Midland Smethwick Railway Station Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AF
Approved on 29 October 2021
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed installation of lifts to provide step free access to platforms 1 and 2, with associated works.
- Received
- 12 July 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated13 Jul
- Consult.Consultation2 Sep
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Oct
Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at London Midland Smethwick Railway Station Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AF. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. 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.
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 2AF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 July 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 3 September 2021
- Consultation end
- 2 September 2021
- Last date for comments
- 3 September 2021
- Target decision date
- 7 September 2021
- Permission expires
- 29 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Network Rail
- Agent address
- 1st Floor, Square One 4 Travis Street Manchester M1 2NY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 August 2021
- Site notice end
- 3 September 2021
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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© 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.
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