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Corner Of King Street/Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JH

DC/20/64625Prior Approval TelecommunicationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 October 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed 20m telecommunications phase 8 monopole C/W wrapround cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

Received
20 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Corner Of King Street/Downing Street Smethwick B66 2JH. Sandwell has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

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

Postcode
B66 2JH
Application type
Prior Approval Telecommunication
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2020
Consultation expiry
18 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
26 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
18 September 2020
Last date for comments
18 September 2020
Target decision date
15 October 2020
Permission expires
14 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
Helena House Troy Road Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 August 2020
Site notice end
18 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08985343
Comments
0
Documents
24
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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