Kimber Drop Forgings Limited Gawne Lane Cradley Heath B64 5QZ
Approved on 18 March 2014
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed part demolition of existing unit and erection of steel cladded portal building (extension to existing unit) to house drop forge.
- Received
- 27 January 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Rowley
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Kimber Drop Forgings Limited Gawne Lane Cradley Heath B64 5QZ. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker 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 Rowley. We hold 186 applications in total for the B64 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
- B64 5QZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 1 May 2014
- Consultation end
- 1 May 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 March 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 February 2014
- Last date for comments
- 1 May 2014
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2014
- Decision issued
- 19 March 2014
- Application expires
- 25 March 2014
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Designtobuild
- Agent address
- 159 Ivyhouse Lane Coseley Dudley WV14 9LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 February 2014
- Site notice end
- 25 February 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03145907
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
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.
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1 other application at this property, newest first.
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