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Land Adjoining Edwin Richards Quarry And Adjacent 25-34 Portway Road Rowley Regis

DC/24/69110Outline (Major)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 May 2024

Council decision: Grant Outline Permission with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey apartment block comprising of 14 No. self-contained apartments with access, parking and associated works. (outline application for access).

Received
12 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rowley
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjoining Edwin Richards Quarry And Adjacent 25-34 Portway Road Rowley Regis. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Outline (Major)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2024
Consultation expiry
14 March 2024
Consultation end
5 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2024
Last date for comments
14 March 2024
Target decision date
31 May 2024
Permission expires
31 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stephenson Halliday
Agent address
The Haybarn Parkhill Business Centre Walton Road Wetherby LS22 5DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
108 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
14 March 2024
Site notice start
14 February 2024
Site notice end
6 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12788029
Comments
0
Documents
32
Constraints
6

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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