Top Lock And Footbridge Bridge Street North Smethwick
Approved on 24 May 2016
Council decision: Grant Listed building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed maintenance to replace gates, repair lock chamber walls, copings and upgrade of lock escape ladder.
- Received
- 30 March 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Pauls
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date25 May
- DecidedDecided24 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Top Lock And Footbridge Bridge Street North Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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.
89% of all 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 5 May 2016
- Last date for comments
- 5 May 2016
- Target decision date
- 25 May 2016
- Application expires
- 25 May 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 April 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 May 2016
- Site notice start
- 11 April 2016
- Site notice end
- 2 May 2016
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.
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