Planning application
Land bounded by High Street, Meriden Street, Coventry Street and Oxford Street Digbeth B5 6DY
Works: New dwelling Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Hybrid application comprising: Full planning application for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of new buildings (Block A up 6 storeys & Block B up to 4 storeys) to provide non-residential floorspace containing: commercial, business and service floorspace (Class E) and/or education floorspace (Class F1(a)) and associated infrastructure, landscaping, access, parking and servicing; Outline planning application (reserving appearance, landscaping (where sits outside of the full planning application), layout and scale) for erection of new buildings (Block C up to 6 Storeys & Block D up to 7 storeys) including refurbishment and change of use of Smithfield Garage (Block E) to provide combined residential and non-residential floorspace containing: commercial, business and service (Class E) alongside any combination of build to rent apartments (Class C3), student accommodation and associated communal facilities (sui generis), hotel (Class C1) or co-living (sui generis), and ... read more
As published by the council, reference 2025/02816/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/02816/PA
- Type
- Outline
- Status
- REGISTERED: Pending recommendation
- Received
- 20 May 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Bordesley & Highgate
- Postcode
- B5 6DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 May 2025
Received by Birmingham
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9 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Birmingham took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
145 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Birmingham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Birmingham's median decision took 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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