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39 Upper Grosvenor Road Handsworth Birmingham B20 3SA

Refused Birmingham 2025/05899/PA Proposed Lawful Use/Development

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed change of use from a residential dwellinghouse (use class C3a) to a residential household where four residents living together as a single household and receiving care (comprising up to three residents and one live-in carer) (use class C3b).

As published by the council, reference 2025/05899/PA

Application record

Reference
2025/05899/PA
Type
Proposed Lawful Use/Development
Status
Refused As published: Decided: SECTION 191 / 192 REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE REFUSED)
Decision
Refused As published: SECTION 191 / 192 REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE REFUSED)
Received
20 Oct 2025
Validated
12 Nov 2025
Decided
5 Jun 2026
Ward
Birchfield
Postcode
B20 3SA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Received by Birmingham

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: SECTION 191 / 192 REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE REFUSED)

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

11 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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