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

DC/06/46753Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 November 2006

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
23 August 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 4 (No.83) Rabone Lane Smethwick West Midlands B66 3JH. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer 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.

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

Postcode
B66 3JH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2006
Consultation expiry
24 October 2006
Consultation start
3 October 2006
Consultation end
24 October 2006
Last date for comments
24 October 2006
Target decision date
15 November 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 October 2006
Site notice end
24 October 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
6

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.

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    11 Jul

    Change of use to office for taxi bookings.

    ApprovedChange of UseDC/05/44838

Source: Sandwell

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