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160 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU

DC/25/70350Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of first/second floors from office space into 2 No. flats consisting of 6 No. HMO bedrooms in each flat, and second floor roof garden to rear with balustrades.

Received
4 March 2025
Decision due
30 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
MAK Architecture
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 8 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (15)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 160 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AU. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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 2AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2025
Consultation expiry
8 April 2025
Consultation end
8 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2025
Last date for comments
8 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAK Architecture
Architect profile
MAK ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
321 Valley Road Nottingham NG5 1HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 March 2025
Site notice end
8 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13810546
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
15

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

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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.

© 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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