72 - 78 High Street Smethwick B66 1DS
Proposal
Proposed change of use from retail/storage of ground floor rear and first floor with two storey rear extension, creation of new second floor creating 12 No. self-contained flats with second floor amenity area and associated works.
- Received
- 9 February 2026
- Decision due
- 26 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Smethwick
- Agent
- Master Design Studio
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 72 - 78 High Street Smethwick B66 1DS. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Smethwick. 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 1DS
- Application type
- Full (Major)
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 12
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Master Design Studio
- Architect profile
- MASTER DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
- Agent address
- 51 Vittoria Street The Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B1 3NU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 133 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 16 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 9 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High StreetPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: 80 - 82 High Street SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 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
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Sandwell
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