Planning application
Northampton House Poplar Road Solihull B91 3AP
Works: New dwelling Domestic
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
Prior notification for a change of use of existing partial first and second floors from offices to dwelling houses consisting of 7 No. 1 bedroom apartments and 1 No. 2 bedroom apartment.
As published by the council, reference PL/2022/00138/PNCEC3
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2022/00138/PNCEC3
- Type
- Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval Required and Refused
- Received
- 18 Jan 2022
- Validated
- 7 Feb 2022
- Decided
- 19 May 2022
- Ward
- St Alphege
- Parish
- Non-Civil Parish Or Community
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- B91 3AP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Solihull register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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PL/2024/02049/PPFL Granted
Northampton House Poplar Road Solihull B91 3AP
Replacement external glazing and facade alterations.
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PL/2024/00629/PNCEC3 Granted
Northampton House Poplar Road Solihull B91 3AP
Prior notification for change of use to convert part first floor and entire second floor Class E offices to Class C3 dwellings consisting of 5 No. apartments (2 x studio apartments, and 3 x two bedroom apartments).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jan 2022
Received by Solihull
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7 Feb 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 May 2022
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Refused
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28 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Tailored Designs Ltd Agent, a design practice registered in Wolverhampton
Active · incorporated 2016 · Wolverhampton
65 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 88% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Solihull 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.
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