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Former United Springs Limited New Swan Lane West Bromwich B70 0NT

DC/17/60621Full (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2017

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing industrial units, and erection of 17 No. apartments and 53 No. dwelling houses and associated works.

Received
11 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wednesbury South
Agent
Chetwood Architects
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former United Springs Limited New Swan Lane West Bromwich B70 0NT. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Wednesbury South. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 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
B70 0NT
Application type
Full (Major)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
17

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2017
Consultation expiry
8 November 2018
Consultation start
13 June 2017
Consultation end
8 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
13 June 2017
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2017
Last date for comments
6 July 2017
Target decision date
10 August 2017
Permission expires
24 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chetwood Architects
Agent address
32 Frederick Street Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B1 3HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
6 July 2017
Site notice start
13 June 2017
Site notice end
4 July 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06051042
Comments
0
Documents
137
Constraints
24

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

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  2. 2020
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  3. 2019
    10 May

    Discharge of condition 3A of planning permission DC/17/60621

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/19/00090
  4. 2019
    24 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 6a, 14a and 20a of planning permission DC/17/60621

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/19/00075
  5. 2019
    1 Mar

    Discharge of condition 5A of planning permission DC/17/60621

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/19/00051
  6. 2017
    11 May

    Proposed demolition of existing industrial units, and erection of 17 No. apartments and 53 No. dwelling…

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