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The Forge 144 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG

DC/18/62510Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 9 April 2021

Council decision: Refuse permissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of ground floor from public house to tuition centre (Class D1) (revised application DC/18/61939).

Received
14 December 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
30
Ward
Wednesbury North
Agent
Design Space 2 Ltd
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 840 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Forge 144 Franchise Street Wednesbury WS10 9RG. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Wednesbury North. We hold 698 applications in total for the WS10 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
WS10 9RG
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2018
Consultation expiry
8 July 2019
Consultation start
3 January 2019
Consultation end
8 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
24 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
8 May 2019
Last date for comments
8 May 2019
Target decision date
15 February 2019
Committee meeting
7 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Design Space 2 Ltd
Architect profile
DESIGN SPACE 2 LTD
Agent address
408F The Big Peg 120 Vyse Street Birmingham B18 6NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07491359
Documents
21
Constraints
6

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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    14 Dec

    Proposed change of use of ground floor from public house to tuition centre (Class D1) (revised application…

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentDC/18/62510
  2. 2018
    11 Jun

    Proposed change of use of ground floor to a tuition centre.

    WithdrawnChange of UsePart ofDC/18/61939

Source: Sandwell

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