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Land Between Lewisham Road/Mafeking Road And Birmingham Canal Smethwick

DC/08/48993Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 January 2008

Council decision: Screening opinion - EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Screening opinion for proposed mixed use development comprising residential (300 units), community uses, and retail uses (A1- retail, A3 - restaurants & cafes) demolition of existing buildings and remediation of the site, construction of access roads, footpaths, landscaping and associated works at Brindley Village II, land off Lewisham Road/Mafeking Road, Smethwick.

Received
8 January 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pauls
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land Between Lewisham Road/Mafeking Road And Birmingham Canal Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls.

90% of outline 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
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2008
Target decision date
29 January 2008
Application expires
29 January 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao: Andrew Rose - Senior Planner Junctiion 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds West Yorkshire WF3 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Brindley II, Land between Lewisham Rd/ Mafeking Rd and Birmingham Canal, SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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