Old Talbot 144 High Street Smethwick B66 3AP
Approved on 19 March 2025
Council decision: Grant Advertisement ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed 2 No. fascia signs.
- Received
- 21 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Smethwick
- Agent
- SDMC Consultants Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated31 Jan
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Old Talbot 144 High Street Smethwick B66 3AP. Sandwell has handled 189 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Smethwick Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Smethwick. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.
96% of advertising 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 3AP
- Application type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SDMC Consultants Ltd
- Agent address
- 1 Studio Court Queensway Bletchley MK2 2DG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Smethwick Town Centre High Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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Associated applications
- 202521 Jan
Proposed 2 No. fascia signs.
This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/25/6930A - 202521 Jan
Proposed enlargement of ground floor windows to front and side.
WithdrawnFull ApplicationFiled alongsideDC/25/70207
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Sandwell
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