Skip to content

Windmill House 32 Windmill Lane Smethwick B66 3LX

DC/26/71997Pending Decision

Proposal

Proposed change of use from former police training centre with residential quarters to 69 No. bedroom (single occupancy) co-living accommodation with ground floor infill extension, roof terrace to first floor, external render, fenestration alterations and associated works. (Revision to refused planning permission DC/25/71289)

Received
1 September 2026
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

This is a planning application for a change of use at Windmill House 32 Windmill Lane Smethwick B66 3LX. Sandwell has handled 5,134 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 1 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 763 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/26/71997
Address
Windmill House 32 Windmill Lane Smethwick B66 3LX
Postcode
B66 3LX
Local Authority
Sandwell
Decision Status
Undecided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Submitted
1 September 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
52.490753, -1.957176
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Sandwell

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near B66

New planning applications delivered to your inbox weekly.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    Proposed change of use from former police training centre with residential quarters to 69 No. bedroom (single…

    This applicationPendingApplicationDC/26/71997
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    Proposed change of use from former police training centre to 76 No. bedroom HMO with ground floor infill…

    RefusedApplicationPart ofDC/25/71289

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Windmill House, Windmill Lane, SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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 2026-10-09. 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.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report