FCC Environment Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis B65 9DN

DC/14/57745Outline Application with EIAApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 February 2018

Council decision: Grant Outline Permission with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline planning application (for access) for up to 281 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), amended access from Portway Road, open space, landscaping, drainage works and ancillary works.

Received: 11 December 2014
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 11
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Rowley
Agent: AMEC E&I UK Ltd

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated30 Dec
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date21 Apr
DecidedDecided6 Feb

Decided in 1134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at FCC Environment Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis B65 9DN. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Rowley. We hold 538 applications in total for the B65 postcode area.

90% of outline 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: B65 9DN
Application type: Outline Application with EIA
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 281

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 December 2014
Consultation expiry: 6 April 2016
Consultation start: 12 January 2015
Consultation end: 2 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start: 9 June 2015
Neighbour consultation end: 10 February 2015
Last date for comments: 6 April 2016
Target decision date: 21 April 2015
Committee meeting: 1 July 2015
Application expires: 21 April 2015
Permission expires: 6 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: AMEC E&I UK Ltd
Agent address: Canon Court Abbey Lawn Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 5DE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 112 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 January 2015
Advertisement expiry: 5 February 2015
Site notice start: 16 March 2016
Site notice end: 6 April 2016

Additional information

Documents: 91
Constraints: 23

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: 80/00061/TPOPart of the site
Brownfield land register: Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road, Rowley RegisRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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