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Cedar Court Brasshouse Lane Smethwick

DC/25/70763Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 27 August 2025

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of 1 No. car parking space and adjacent land to site a mobile food trailer (Temporary permission for 3 No. years).

Received
24 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
a.i.architecture
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cedar Court Brasshouse Lane Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls.

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

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2025
Consultation expiry
28 July 2025
Consultation end
28 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 July 2025
Last date for comments
28 July 2025
Target decision date
27 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
a.i.architecture
Agent address
1 Albion Terrace Broom B50 4HG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00219/REF
Appeal status
Awaiting decision

Appeal history

3372692
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 January 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14110594
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    25 Feb

    Proposed satellite dish.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/08/49198

Source: Sandwell

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