18A Wattville Road Smethwick
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions
Proposal
Proposed 3 No. industrial units for use as general industrial/storage and distribution.
- Received
- 12 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Pauls
- Agent
- Advanced Architecture & Structures
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 18A Wattville Road Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls.
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
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Advanced Architecture & Structures
- Architect profile
- ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE AND STRUCTURES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 30 The Spinney Birmingham B20 1NR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Site constraints
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.
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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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