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Former Site Of Unit 5 Wattville Road Smethwick

DC/16/59621Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2016

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed 4 No. units for B2 (General Industry) & B8 (Storage or Distribution) use.

Received
27 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pauls
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Site Of Unit 5 Wattville Road Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. 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
26 July 2016
Consultation expiry
17 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start
27 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end
17 August 2016
Last date for comments
17 August 2016
Target decision date
20 September 2016
Application expires
20 September 2016
Permission expires
20 September 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
1stopplans
Agent address
Nottingham Clean Tech Centre 63-67 St. Peter's Street Nottingham NG7 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05266033
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    20 Jun

    Proposed change of use from engineering to laundry.

    ApprovedChange of UseDC/06/46417

Source: Sandwell

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