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20 Melbourne Road Smethwick B66 2HA

DC/25/70965HouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission with external materialsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed single storey side and rear extension.

Received
21 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pauls
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 20 Melbourne Road Smethwick B66 2HA. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2HA
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
20 November 2025
Permission expires
20 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
733 Walsall Road Great Barr Birmingham B42 1EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
6

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.

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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