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3-6 Brailsford Drive Smethwick B66 3NH

DC/23/68490Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 October 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion of ground floor communal residents lounge into 2 No. self-contained flats.

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3-6 Brailsford Drive Smethwick B66 3NH. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street and Crocketts Lane conservation area. 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 3NH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2023
Consultation expiry
13 September 2023
Consultation end
8 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2023
Last date for comments
13 September 2023
Target decision date
5 October 2023
Permission expires
4 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12326960
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick High Street and Crocketts Lane
  • Tree Preservation Order: 80/00060/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: St Pauls Office, 253 High Street, Smethwick, B66 3NJRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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