Planning application
5 Key Hill Drive Birmingham B18 5NY
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
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 2 no. flats (Use Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 2025/07230/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/07230/PA
- Type
- Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 23 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 13 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- Postcode
- B18 5NY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Birmingham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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2026/01989/PA Granted
5 Key Hill Drive, Birmingham, B18 5NY
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 2 no. flats (Use Class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Birmingham
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23 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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
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Land at 1-4 Key Hill Drive, Nos 2, 54-58 Key Hill and 17-21 Hockley Hill Hockley Birmingham B18 5NY
Variation of conditions 34 (details of any roof installations) and 39 (ecological and biodiversity enhancement measures) attached to planning permission 2021/06272/PA to exclude Phase 1A and enable occupation
Granted Amendments -
Land at 1-4 Key Hill Drive, Nos 2, 54-58 Key Hill and 17-21 Hockley Hill Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B18 5NY
Application to determine the details of condition number 1 (structural recording) attached to Planning Application 2021/07305/PA
Granted Conditions 3 docs -
Land at 1-4 Key Hill Drive, Nos 2, 54-58 Key Hill and 17-21 Hockley Hill Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B18 5NY
Application for a non-material amendment to planning approval 2021/06272/PA to allow changes to the development description to exclude use class E(b), minor changes to the wording of conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 to allow the development to be undertaken in phases and removal of condition 43.
Granted Amendments 7 docs -
Land at 1-4 Key Hill Drive, Nos 2, 54-58 Key Hill and 17-21 Hockley Hill Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B18 5NY
Application to determine the details of condition numbers 1. (phasing plan) 2. (structural recording) attached to Planning Application 2021/06272/PA.
Granted Conditions 8 docs -
Land at 1-4 Key Hill Drive, Nos 2, 54-58 Key Hill and 17-21 Hockley Hill Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B18 5NY
Application to determine the details for condition number 14 (prior submission of a Sustainable Drainage scheme in a phased manner) attached to planning application 2021/06272/PA.
Granted Conditions 3 docs -
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