Land Adjacent Sub Station Greets Green Playing Field Claypit Lane West Bromwich

DC/25/70242Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 May 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposed construction and operation of micro-energy storage facility.

Received: 3 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Greets Green & Lyng

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated5 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date23 May
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent Sub Station Greets Green Playing Field Claypit Lane West Bromwich. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Greets Green & Lyng.

87% of full 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: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 March 2025
Consultation end: 26 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 6 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 27 March 2025
Last date for comments: 27 March 2025
Target decision date: 23 May 2025
Permission expires: 14 May 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 107 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13740202
Comments: 0
Documents: 19
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Brownfield land register: Claypit Lane / Wattle Road, West BromwichRegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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.

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Source: Sandwell

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