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32 Doulton Drive Smethwick B66 1RA

DC/25/70200Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for 3 No. young people aged between 13 and 16 years old (resubmission of approved planning permission DC/19/63550).

Received
20 January 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
Bloc Architecture Ltd
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 32 Doulton Drive Smethwick B66 1RA. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 3 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 1RA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2025
Consultation expiry
17 February 2025
Consultation end
14 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 February 2025
Last date for comments
17 February 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025
Committee meeting
2 April 2025
Permission expires
4 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bloc Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
BLOC ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
4 Stonehill Croft Shirley Solihull B90 4TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 January 2025
Site notice end
17 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13627138
Documents
15
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyPart of the site
  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    20 Jan

    Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for 3 No. young people aged between…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/25/70200
  2. 2019
    17 Sep

    Proposed change of use from dwelling (use class C3(a)) to residential institution (use class C2).

    ApprovedChange of UsePart ofDC/19/63550

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