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160-162A Rookery Road Handsworth Birmingham B21 9NN

Refused Birmingham 2024/07836/PA Full Planning

Works: New dwelling Extension Loft or dormer Major scheme

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Conversion of premises to form a ground floor single builder's merchant unit (with associated yard to rear), works that would result in 10No.flats over first floor and in roof space as well as other works which include erection of single storey front and rear extensions, first floor extension and also dormers to roof.

As published by the council, reference 2024/07836/PA

Application record

Reference
2024/07836/PA
Type
Full Planning
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
4 Dec 2024
Validated
11 Jun 2025
Decided
11 Sep 2025
Ward
Handsworth
Postcode
B21 9NN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Received by Birmingham

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 13 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

22 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Birmingham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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