Former Darcast Crankshafts Limited Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR
Approved on 19 December 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed metal recycling facility with associated infrastructure.
- Received
- 1 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- ReceivedReceived1 Jul
- ValidatedValidated16 Jul
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former Darcast Crankshafts Limited Cornwall Road Smethwick B66 2JR. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 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 Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- B66 2JR
- Application type
- Full (Major)
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AXIS
- Agent address
- Barfield House (First Floor) Alderley Road Wilmslow SK9 1PL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 156 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 17 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 7 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14132246
- Documents
- 80
- Constraints
- 26
Site constraints
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.
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