Red Fort Social Club 80 High Street Smethwick B66 1AQ
Proposal
Change of use to use class A2 (Financial and Professional Services) at ground floor.
- Received
- 13 March 2014
- Decided
- 29 April 2014 · Grant Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Smethwick
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- ReceivedSubmitted13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation11 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to amend a permission at Red Fort Social Club 80 High Street Smethwick B66 1AQ. Sandwell has handled 452 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 47 days, 10 days quicker than Sandwell's median. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Smethwick. We hold 763 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20144 Aug
Proposed two storey rear and side extension, 5 No. new self contained flats and 2 No. commercial units.
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/14/57372 - 201413 May
Proposed installation of 2 No. illuminated fascia signs, 2 No. non illuminated fascia signs and 1 No…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/14/6087A - 201413 May
Proposed installation of 3 No. satellite dishes, 1 No. TV aerial mounted on a galvanised steel post, 2 No…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/14/57098 - 200531 Mar
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of shop unit with flats above.
RefusedFull ApplicationDC/05/44348
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High Street
- Brownfield land register: 80 - 82 High Street 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.
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