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Smethwick Enterprise Centre Rolfe Street Smethwick

DC/25/71083Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed demolition of Smethwick Enterprise Centre blocks 100, 200, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 67/68 Rolfe Street rear extensions and retention of 67/68 Rolfe Street, Enterprise Centre blocks 300 and 400, the front facade on blocks 100, 600 and 900 and the fire station training tower.

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Smethwick Enterprise Centre Rolfe Street Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Consultation end
28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 October 2025
Last date for comments
6 November 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Permission expires
28 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2025
Site notice start
8 October 2025
Site notice end
29 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14373111
Documents
21
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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Source: Sandwell

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