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Land Adj 6-9 Great Arthur Street Smethwick West Midlands

DC/05/44851Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 September 2005

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed new two storey childrens centre.

Received
13 July 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Pauls
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adj 6-9 Great Arthur Street Smethwick West Midlands. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls.

87% of full 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2005
Consultation expiry
7 October 2005
Consultation start
15 July 2005
Consultation end
5 August 2005
Neighbour consultation start
4 October 2005
Neighbour consultation end
5 August 2005
Last date for comments
7 October 2005
Target decision date
7 September 2005
Committee meeting
28 September 2005
Decision issued
21 October 2005
Application expires
7 September 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Municipal Buildings Barrs Road Cradley Heath West Midlands B64 7ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 September 2005
Advertisement expiry
7 October 2005
Site notice start
15 September 2005
Site notice end
6 October 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
39
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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