Adjacent Victoria Park Lodge High Street Smethwick B66 3NJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/71472 - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Proposed single storey modular building with associated entrance steps & ramp. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Consultation
16 Apr 2026
Refused
19 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: War Memorial, Victoria Park
List entry 1077115 · 19 m from the pin · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Smethwick High Street and Crocketts Lane conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Sandwell AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Smethwick built-up area; Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Sandwell
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
B66 3NJ
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Soho & Victoria
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Refuse permission
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Mark Bryant Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 11 days slower than Sandwell's median of 55 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
118decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Sandwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Sandwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14711510
Neighbours
16 Apr 2026
Comments by
10 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sandwell
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#149 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Sandwell ranks #131 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Sandwell decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #198 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #223 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #131 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #92 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
44 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
46 decided
909
Total decisions
124 refused in the year to March 2026