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66 Three Shires Oak Road Smethwick B67 5BU

PD/26/03139Prior Notification All OthersRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Permitted Development RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

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
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided27 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14633130
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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