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78 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR

PD/19/01351General Permitted Development OtherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 February 2020

Council decision: Declined ApplicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Light Industrial (Class B1(c)) to Office (Class B1(a)).

Received
13 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Agent
Integrated Designs & Associates Ltd
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 78 Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 2AR. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

90% of outline 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 2AR
Application type
General Permitted Development Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2019
Consultation expiry
23 January 2020
Consultation end
9 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
30 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
23 January 2020
Last date for comments
23 January 2020
Target decision date
7 February 2020
Permission expires
7 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Integrated Designs & Associates Ltd
Agent address
38 Old Walsall Road Great Barr B42 1NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
14

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

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© 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.

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Source: Sandwell

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