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The Kings Highway Hagley Road West Oldbury West Midlands B68 0PH

DC/07/48859Full (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 24 September 2008

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed demolition of former public house and erection of retail development including a supermarket and two further units.

Received
28 November 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Old Warley
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 294 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Kings Highway Hagley Road West Oldbury West Midlands B68 0PH. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 301 days, 35 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Old Warley. We hold 280 applications in total for the B68 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
B68 0PH
Application type
Full (Major)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2007
Consultation expiry
3 September 2008
Consultation start
13 August 2008
Consultation end
3 September 2008
Neighbour consultation start
13 August 2008
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2007
Last date for comments
3 September 2008
Target decision date
5 March 2008
Committee meeting
24 September 2008
Decision issued
6 October 2008
Application expires
5 March 2008
Permission expires
6 October 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 4WG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2007
Advertisement expiry
28 December 2007
Site notice start
10 December 2007
Site notice end
31 December 2007

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2009
    13 Oct

    Proposed erection of retail development including a supermarket and two units (Revision to planning…

    ApprovedFull (Major)RelatedDC/09/51483
  2. 2007
    28 Nov

    Proposed demolition of former public house and erection of retail development including a supermarket and two…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/07/48859

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    6 Jan

    Proposed individual externally illuminated letters and post sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/04/4857A

Source: Sandwell

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