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Unit 9a, Birkdale Avenue Birmingham B29 6UB

Refused Birmingham 2025/04530/PA Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013

Works: New dwelling Major scheme

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 15 no. flats (Use Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 2025/04530/PA

Application record

Reference
2025/04530/PA
Type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse
Received
12 Aug 2025
Validated
13 Aug 2025
Decided
8 Sep 2025
Ward
Bournbrook & Selly Park
Postcode
B29 6UB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Birmingham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 3 refused.

  • 2026/00006/PA Refused

    Unit 9a, Birkdale Avenue Birmingham B29 6UB

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 15 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3)

    Decided 25 Feb 2026 Prior approval
  • 2024/07449/PA Refused

    Unit 9A, Birkdale Avenue Birmingham B29 6UB

    Prior Approval Notification for a change of use from offices (Use Class E) to 18 flats (Use Class C3)

    Decided 23 Dec 2024 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Aug 2025

    Received by Birmingham

  2. 13 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

15 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.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Unit 9a, Birkdale Avenue Birmingham B29 6UB

    2026/00006/PA Submitted 1 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 15 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3)

    Refused Prior approval New dwelling 11 docs

  • Unit 9A, Birkdale Avenue Birmingham B29 6UB

    2024/07449/PA Submitted 21 Nov 2024 50 yards away

    Prior Approval Notification for a change of use from offices (Use Class E) to 18 flats (Use Class C3)

    Refused Prior approval New dwelling 14 docs
    Major scheme

  • Unit 1 Birkdale Avenue Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6UB

    2026/02713/PA Submitted 18 May 2026 50 yards away

    71% historically approved · decision due ~27 Aug

    Application to raise the roof height to rear workshop area and installation of new cladding materials to walls and roof to rear workshop area

    Awaiting decision Full applications 11 docs

  • 250 Heeley Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6EN

    2023/01241/PA Submitted 27 Feb 2023 100 yards away

    Application for a Lawful Development certificate for an existing use as 5-bed HMO (Use Class C4)

    Granted Lawful development 5 docs

  • 248 Heeley Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6EN

    2023/02450/PA Submitted 14 Apr 2023 100 yards away

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use as a 5 bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4).

    Refused Lawful development 6 docs

  • 238 Heeley Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6EN

    2024/02840/PA Submitted 8 May 2024 100 yards away

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as 4-bed HMO (Use Class C4).

    Granted Lawful development 5 docs

In Birmingham

  • 2026/04898/PA Awaiting decision

    144 Addison Road, Birmingham, B14 7EP

    Erection of 5 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3 metres, eaves height 2.8 metres

    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/05834/PA Awaiting decision

    84 Falcon Lodge Crescent, Birmingham, B75 7LU

    Erection of 4 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.8 metres, eaves height 2.7 metres

    Received 17 Sep, published by the council 21 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/05833/PA Awaiting decision

    126 Trittiford Road, Birmingham, B13 0HD

    Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.2 metres, eaves height 2.55 metres

    Received 17 Sep, published by the council 21 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/04870/PA Awaiting decision

    246 Tennal Road, Birmingham, B32 2HJ

    Erection of 5.3 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.2 metres, eaves height 3 metres

    Received 7 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/05824/PA Awaiting decision

    land rear of 76 - 78 Yardley Road Birmingham B27 6LG

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of part of the building from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 1 no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

    Received 16 Sep, published by the council 21 Sep 2026 Prior approval