Planning application
First Floor NSA House Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from offices to community hall.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/71644
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/71644
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- B66 2JR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Apr 2026
Received by Sandwell
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1 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sandwell took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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