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First Floor 4 High Street Smethwick B66 1DX

DC/18/61898Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 7 August 2018

Council decision: Refuse permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Proposed first floor rear extension to create 1 No. 2 bed flat.

Received
31 May 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Smethwick
Agent
Mclaran Ltd
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at First Floor 4 High Street Smethwick B66 1DX. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Smethwick. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 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
B66 1DX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2018
Consultation expiry
5 August 2018
Consultation start
13 July 2018
Consultation end
3 August 2018
Neighbour consultation start
13 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
5 August 2018
Last date for comments
5 August 2018
Target decision date
29 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mclaran Ltd
Agent address
31 Frederick Street Birmingham B1 3HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07012868
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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Source: Sandwell

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