High Street/Tollhouse Way Amenity Open Space Smethwick

DC/18/62070Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 September 2018

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed erection of a 3m high bronze statue of a first world war Sikh warrior on a 2m high granite plinth, and associated hard and soft landscaping works.

Received: 24 July 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Smethwick

ReceivedReceived24 Jul
ValidatedValidated25 Jul
Consult.Consultation17 Aug
TargetTarget Date19 Sep
DecidedDecided14 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at High Street/Tollhouse Way Amenity Open Space Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Smethwick.

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: 25 July 2018
Consultation expiry: 23 August 2018
Consultation end: 17 August 2018
Last date for comments: 23 August 2018
Target decision date: 19 September 2018
Permission expires: 14 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 31 July 2018
Advertisement expiry: 23 August 2018
Site notice start: 30 July 2018
Site notice end: 20 August 2018

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 9
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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