2025/04401/PA

1. 7 Aug 2025

   Received by Birmingham

2. 14 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 2 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Section 191 / 192 Required (Certificate Refused)

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 2025/05876/PA Granted

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  Installation of a ramp at the front elevation

  16 Oct 2025 217m away Householder
• 2026/00460/PA Decided

  12 Rowcroft Covert Kings Heath Birmingham B14 5YE

  Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed garage conversion to habitable room with associated internal and external alterations

  29 Jan 2026 325m away Lawful development
• 2025/06702/PA Refused

  12 Rowcroft Covert Birmingham B14 5YE

  Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed garage conversion to habitable room with new bathroom to ground floor. Removal and installation of internal walls

  26 Nov 2025 325m away Lawful development
• 2025/04987/PA Decided

  175 Monyhull Hall Road Birmingham B30 3QN

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single storey side and rear extension and 2.no dormer windows to side elevations of dwellinghouse.

  5 Sep 2025 326m away Lawful development
• 2026/00912/PA Status unknown

  Lawrence House, Sayer House and Dove House Brandwood Crescent Kings Norton Birmingham B30 3QF

  Change of use of Lawrence House (number 1) from Use Class C2 to create 3no. self-contained dwellings, change of use of Sayer House (number 2) from Use Class C2 to create 3no. self-contained dwellings and a change of use of Dove House (number 3) from Use Class C2 to create 3no. self-contained dwellings (9 dwellings in total).

  20 Feb 2026 345m away Full applications
• 2026/00027/PA Status unknown

  Land at Sherston Covert Bournville Birmingham B30 3QU

  Construction of up to 24no. residential units with access, landscaping, parking, improvements to remaining Public Open Space and associated works.

  7 Jan 2026 418m away Full applications

• 2026/01866/PA Decided

  19 Capern Grove, Birmingham, B32 2JH

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as 6-bed HMO (Use Class C4)

  8 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/02495/PA Decided

  11 Bournville Lane Bournville Birmingham B30 2JY

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as a 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis)

  7 May 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/02521/PA Decided

  147 Tiverton Road, Birmingham, B29 6BS

  Use of the property as a Class C4 House in Multiple Occupation before the Citywide Article 4 Direction came into effect up to the date of this application

  8 May 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/02520/PA Decided

  149 Tiverton Road, Birmingham, B29 6BS

  Use of the property as a Class C4 House in Multiple Occupation before the Citywide Article 4 Direction came into effect up to the date of this application

  8 May 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/01659/PA Decided

  80 Cherington Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 7SR

  Application for lawful development certificate for proposed single storey rear extension

  31 Mar 2026 Lawful development