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Darcast Crankshafts Limited Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR

DC/24/69974Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 November 2024

Council decision: Screening opinion - EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a screening opinion in respect of proposed metal recycling facility and associated infrastructure.

Received
4 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Darcast Crankshafts Limited Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR. Sandwell has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

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

Postcode
B66 2JR
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2024
Target decision date
25 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Axis
Agent address
Well House Barns Bretton Chester CH4 0DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
24

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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.

Source: Sandwell

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