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103 - 108 Kings Square West Bromwich B70 7NN

DC/23/68118Change of Use (Major)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 August 2023

Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed part change of use of ground floor retail units (Use Class Ea) to new indoor market with first floor staff facilities, which includes the sale of food and non-food products, as well as hot food for consumption on and off the premises, change of use of part of one retail unit at ground floor and part of three units at first floor into new commercial business use (Use Class Ec), external alterations and new sub station.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Bromwich Central
Agent
APEC Architects
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 103 - 108 Kings Square West Bromwich B70 7NN. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across West Bromwich Central. We hold 691 applications in total for the B70 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
B70 7NN
Application type
Change of Use (Major)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Consultation expiry
6 May 2023
Consultation end
21 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 April 2023
Last date for comments
6 May 2023
Target decision date
4 August 2023
Permission expires
2 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
APEC Architects
Architect profile
APEC ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 312 The Custard Factory Gibb Street Birmingham, B9 4AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
126 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 March 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11993165
Comments
0
Documents
29
Constraints
10

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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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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Aug

    Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/23/68118

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA/26/00309
  2. 2024
    8 Aug

    Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/23/68118

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA/24/00217
  3. 2023
    24 Mar

    Proposed part change of use of ground floor retail units (Use Class Ea) to new indoor market with first floor…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/23/68118

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