66 Three Shires Oak Road Smethwick B67 5BU
Refused on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Permitted Development RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed change of use from retail shop to 1 No. self-contained apartment.
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Abbey
- Agent
- Thorne Architecture Limited
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 66 Three Shires Oak Road Smethwick B67 5BU. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Abbey. We hold 166 applications in total for the B67 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
- B67 5BU
- Application type
- Prior Notification All Others
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thorne Architecture Limited
- Architect profile
- THORNE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Creative Industries Centre Wolverhampton Science Park Glaisher Drive, Wolverhampton WV10 9TG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 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.
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Sandwell
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