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Land Adjacent Smethwick Railway Station Tollhouse Way/Cross Street Smethwick

DC/20/64182Telecommunications NotificationWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 14 May 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed installation of a 20m monopole, 12 No. antenna apertures, equipment cabinets and development ancillary.

Received
8 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Adjacent Smethwick Railway Station Tollhouse Way/Cross Street Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 50 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 36 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria.

100% of telecoms 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
Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2020
Consultation expiry
9 May 2020
Last date for comments
9 May 2020
Target decision date
4 June 2020
Application expires
4 June 2020
Permission expires
14 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Beacon Communications
Agent address
Unit 10A Sovereign Park, Cleveland Way Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate Hemel Hempstead HP2 7DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 April 2020
Site notice end
9 May 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08633365
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Sandwell

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