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Vector Industrial Park Whites Road West Bromwich B71 1DG

DC/17/60297Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 May 2017

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use to a standing reserve power plant with acoustic fencing, ancillary structures and associated works (amendment to application DC/16/59886).

Received
13 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hateley Heath
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vector Industrial Park Whites Road West Bromwich B71 1DG. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Hateley Heath. We hold 474 applications in total for the B71 postcode area.

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

Postcode
B71 1DG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2017
Consultation expiry
1 December 2017
Consultation start
14 March 2017
Consultation end
1 December 2017
Last date for comments
1 December 2017
Target decision date
25 April 2017
Permission expires
19 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
RCA Regeneration
Architect profile
RCA REGENERATION LIMITED
Agent address
6 De Salis Court Hampton Lovett WR9 0QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 March 2017
Site notice end
5 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05824921
Comments
0
Documents
40
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Vector Industrial Park Church Lane, West Bromwich, B71 1DQRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    13 Feb

    Proposed change of use to a standing reserve power plant with acoustic fencing, ancillary structures and…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/17/60297
  2. 2016
    21 Sep

    Proposed change of use to a standing reserve power plant with acoustic fencing, ancillary structures and…

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationPart ofDC/16/59886

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