2025/05607/PA

1. 3 Oct 2025

   Received by Birmingham

2. 1 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 12 Jan 2026

   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

• 2025/04491/PA Refused

  18 Barnsley Road Birmingham B17 8ED

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

  12 Aug 2025 0m away Lawful development
• 2025/04392/PA Status unknown

  St George Eritrean Orthodox Church Barnsley Road Harborne Birmingham B17 8ED

  Application to determine details for Condition Number 5 (construction method statement/management plan) and part of Condition Number 3 (full architectural and specification details) attached to approval 2023/06802/PA.

  7 Aug 2025 0m away Conditions
• 2026/01929/PA Withdrawn

  18 Barnsley Road Harborne Birmingham B17 8ED

  Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing

  13 Apr 2026 0m away Lawful development
• 2026/01007/PA Status unknown

  19b Barnsley Road Harborne Birmingham B17 8EB

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as 2no. self contained flats

  24 Feb 2026 48m away Lawful development
• PD/26/03159 Granted

  2A Barnsley Road Birmingham B17 8ED

  Proposed change of use of first floor from restaurant to 2 No. self-contained flats.

  17 Feb 2026 68m away Prior approval
• DC/20/64399 Granted

  601 Bearwood Road Smethwick B66 4BJ

  Proposed change of use of the first and second floors into 2 No. self-contained flats with internal alterations, replacing the existing roof and front and rear dormer windows to loft.

  24 Jun 2020 178m 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