52 Forster Street Smethwick B67 7LX
Approved on 14 February 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for up to 3 No. young people aged up to 18 years old (Revision to refused planning application DC/24/69539).
- Received
- 23 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Pauls
- Agent
- Azimuth Architecture
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation24 Jan
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided14 Feb
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 52 Forster Street Smethwick B67 7LX. Sandwell has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Pauls. We hold 165 applications in total for the B67 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
- B67 7LX
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Azimuth Architecture
- Agent address
- 19 Coneybury View Shropshire Broseley TF12 5AX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 January 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 January 2025
Site constraints
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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