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Wood Lane Playing Fields Romilly Avenue (site also includes land to rear of properties on Butlers Road, Inchcape Avenue and Beachburn Way) Birmingham B20 2AT

Awaiting decision Birmingham 2025/04405/PA Full Planning

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed redevelopment of existing playing fields to provide 2 artificial turf sports pitches, 3 grass sports pitches, erection of a new pavilion building with multi-use indoor sports area (including multi-functional space for mind and physical well-being, associated changing rooms, treatment rooms , W.Cs and community cafe), associated vehicle and cycle parking, new pathways, new vehicle and pedestrian access and exit points to site, boundary treatment, landscaping proposals and other associated works.

As published by the council, reference 2025/04405/PA

Application record

Reference
2025/04405/PA
Type
Full Planning
Status
Pending As published: REGISTERED: Under Assessment
Received
7 Aug 2025
Validated
27 Nov 2025
Ward
Handsworth Wood
Postcode
B20 2AT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2025

    Received by Birmingham

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 7 Aug 2026

    Status changed to REGISTERED: Under Assessment

  5. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 22 January 2026, 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 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

45 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Birmingham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Birmingham decided full applications in a median of 136 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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