Land Adjacent 54 Rabone Lane Smethwick
Approved on 29 April 2014
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed builders merchants depot and two storey warehouse/office building with trade sales area, associated parking and fencing.
- Received
- 14 January 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- Agent
- Reade Buray Associates
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation3 Apr
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent 54 Rabone Lane Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 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 24 applications across Soho & Victoria.
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
- 10 March 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2014
- Consultation start
- 13 March 2014
- Consultation end
- 3 April 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 March 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 April 2014
- Last date for comments
- 3 April 2014
- Target decision date
- 5 May 2014
- Application expires
- 5 May 2014
- Permission expires
- 29 April 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Reade Buray Associates
- Architect profile
- READE BURAY LIMITED
- Agent address
- First Floor 29 Waterloo Road Wolverhampton WV1 4DJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 March 2014
- Site notice end
- 3 April 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03120737
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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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