Old Corner House Soho Street Smethwick B66 2RH
Approved on 15 October 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed change of use from public house to bathroom showroom and first/second floor residential flat, two storey side and single storey rear extensions, fenestration alterations, loft conversion, 3 No. rear dormer windows and associated works.
- Received
- 22 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- Agent
- TDF Design Associates
- ReceivedReceived22 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Oct
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Old Corner House Soho Street Smethwick B66 2RH. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley 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 2RH
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 26 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 October 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TDF Design Associates
- Agent address
- 202 Spies Lane Halesowen B62 9SW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Sandwell
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