Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis

PD/23/02456General Permitted Development DemolitionPermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

Proposed demolition of former laboratory building.

Received: 6 July 2023
Decided: 18 August 2023 · Grant Demolition Consent
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Rowley

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted6 Jul
ValidatedValidated28 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Aug
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Sandwell90% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for demolition at Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis. Sandwell has handled 675 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 43 days, 3 days longer than Sandwell's median. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Rowley.

Application Details

Reference

PD/23/02456

Address

Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road Rowley Regis

Local Authority

Sandwell

Application Type

General Permitted Development Demolition

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Rowley

Applicant & Agent

Agent

Savills

Agent Address

55 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 2AA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

6 July 2023

Target Decision Date

25 August 2023

Date Decided

18 August 2023

Date Validated

28 July 2023

Date Submitted

6 July 2023

Permission Expires

18 August 2028

Planning Decision

Decision

Grant Demolition Consent

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

28 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

52.489094, -2.050294

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Sandwell

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land at Tippity Green ,Portway Road, Allsops Hill, Rowley RegisRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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