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Unit 4 (No.83) Rabone Lane Smethwick West Midlands B66 3JH

DC/05/44838Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 August 2005

Council decision: Grant Conditional Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to office for taxi bookings.

Received
11 July 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 4 (No.83) Rabone Lane Smethwick West Midlands B66 3JH. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
B66 3JH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2005
Consultation expiry
3 August 2005
Consultation start
13 July 2005
Consultation end
3 August 2005
Last date for comments
3 August 2005
Target decision date
5 September 2005
Application expires
5 September 2005
Permission expires
23 August 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
75 Hugh Road Smethwick West Midlands B67 7JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 July 2005
Site notice end
3 August 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Rabone Lane, SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    23 Aug

    Renewal of permission for use as taxi base/booking office.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/06/46753

Source: Sandwell

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