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The Tom Silk Building Halfords Lane West Bromwich B71 4LG

DC/12/54452Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2012

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed full size artificial grass football pitch with floodlighting and fencing, erection of temporary stands, car parking for 134 spaces and refurbishment of existing foundation building.

Received
29 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
Glancy Nicholls Architects
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Tom Silk Building Halfords Lane West Bromwich B71 4LG. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across St Pauls. We hold 474 applications in total for the B71 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
B71 4LG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2012
Consultation expiry
3 May 2012
Consultation start
12 April 2012
Consultation end
3 May 2012
Neighbour consultation start
12 April 2012
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2012
Last date for comments
3 May 2012
Target decision date
25 May 2012
Application expires
25 May 2012
Permission expires
11 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Glancy Nicholls Architects
Agent address
3 Greenfield Crescent Birmingham B15 3BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 April 2012
Site notice end
3 May 2012

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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