Malting came to an end in 2006, and the following year Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries sold the building.

[5] On 8 September 2009 the building was damaged by arson: much of the roof, and three of its outlet towers, were destroyed in the fire.

[5] In 2012 permission to demolish two of three structures, as part of a housing plan, was refused by Sandwell Council.

The council report noted: "The proposed demolition of a large element of the listed building will result in a substantial loss of significance to these historic maltings".

[6] In 2018 the Victorian Society included Langley Maltings on its list of the top ten endangered buildings.