Land Adjoining Smethwick Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level Sandwell
Withdrawn on 5 November 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of 3 new pedestrian and cycle bridges over the existing Birmingham Canal (Old Mainline, New Mainline and Engine Arm).
- Received
- 1 September 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- St Pauls
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation15 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjoining Smethwick Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level Sandwell. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 65 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Smethwick Summit Galton Valley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls.
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
- 15 September 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 15 October 2014
- Consultation end
- 15 October 2014
- Last date for comments
- 15 October 2014
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2014
- Application expires
- 10 November 2014
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Webb Yates Engineers
- Agent address
- 44-46 Scrutton Street London EC2A 4HH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 September 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 October 2014
- Site notice start
- 17 September 2014
- Site notice end
- 8 October 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03618551
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton Valley
- Listed building: Grade II: Bottom Lock of Three, Smethwick Locks Immediately West of Bridge Street Birmingham Canal…On this site · +4 more
- Brownfield land register: North Smethwick Canalside, SmethwickRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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.
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