Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis

DC/23/67924Reserved Matters (Major)Approved

Reserved matters

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Grant Conditional Reserved MattersPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposed residential development comprising of 278 No. dwellings (Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) - Pursuant to outline planning application DC/14/57745.

Received: 27 January 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 2
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Rowley

ReceivedReceived27 Jan
ValidatedValidated30 Jan
Consult.Consultation22 Feb
TargetTarget Date22 Dec
DecidedDecided21 Dec

Decided in 325 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 328 days, 39 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Rowley.

90% of outline 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: Reserved Matters (Major)
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 278

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 9 March 2023
Consultation end: 22 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 1 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 22 February 2023
Last date for comments: 9 March 2023
Target decision date: 22 December 2023
Committee meeting: 25 October 2023
Permission expires: 21 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Savills
Agent address: 55 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 326 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 7 February 2023
Advertisement expiry: 9 March 2023
Site notice start: 2 February 2023
Site notice end: 23 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11819498
Documents: 279
Constraints: 25

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: 80/00061/TPOPart of the site
Brownfield land register: Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road, Rowley RegisRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

2026
9 Sep
Proposed discharge of condition 17 of planning permission DC/14/57745
PendingDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/01075
2026
17 Jul
Proposed discharge of Conditions 8 and 16 of planning permission DC/14/57745
PendingDischarge of conditionsDOC/26/01049
2023
15 Sep
Proposed discharge of conditions 11 and 12 of planning permission DC/14/57745
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDOC/23/00656
2023
27 Jan
Proposed residential development comprising of 278 No. dwellings (Reserved matters application for…
This applicationApprovedReserved mattersDC/23/67924
2014
11 Dec
Variation of condition 20 of planning permission DA/10465
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongsideDC/14/57743
2014
11 Dec
Outline planning application (for access) for up to 281 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), amended access…
ApprovedOutline Application with EIAPart ofDC/14/57745

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Source: Sandwell

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