West Midlands Police Station Piddock Road Smethwick B66 3BL
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Proposal
Demolition of cell block and proposed conversion of main building and house creating 21 No. self-contained apartments with main building single storey extension, front and rear dormer windows and construction of 1 No. three storey detached building comprising of No. 9 self-contained apartments (30 No. apartments in total) with parking, landscaping and associated works.
- Received
- 5 October 2026
- Decision due
- 5 January 2027
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1 · last counted 2 November 2026
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- Agent
- Vista Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation11 Nov
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at West Midlands Police Station Piddock Road Smethwick B66 3BL. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the High Street and Crocketts Lane conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.
88% of amendment 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 3BL
- Application type
- Change of Use (Major)
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 21
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 November 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 October 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 November 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Vista Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 36 Market Street Lichfield WS13 6LH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 October 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 November 2026
- Site notice start
- 22 October 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 November 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15238381
- Documents
- 33
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Smethwick High Street and Crocketts Lane
- Brownfield land register: Smethwick Police StationRegister 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.
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Source: Sandwell
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