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Bishop Gate Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

DC/26/72069Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use of first and second floors from offices to 18 No. bedroom (18 No. person) HMO and fenestration alterations.

Received
28 August 2026
Public comments
3 · last counted 13 October 2026
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Bishop Gate Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 5,264 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
B66 2AR

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2026
Consultation end
19 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Source: Sandwell

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