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3 Ethel Street Smethwick B67 5AL

DC/25/71227Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Use Certificate

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed single storey side extension (Lawful Development Certificate).

Received
26 November 2025
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey side extension at 3 Ethel Street Smethwick B67 5AL. Sandwell has handled 5,268 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 166 applications in total for the B67 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
B67 5AL

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    4 Feb

    Proposed single storey side/rear extension.

    PendingHouseholderDC/26/71425

Source: Sandwell

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