8 Speedwell Drive Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AU

1. 8 Dec 2025

   Received by Solihull

2. 9 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 21 May 2026

   Decision issued: Refused

4. 19 Aug 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.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

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• 8 Speedwell Drive Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AU

  PL/2024/01238/CLOPUD Submitted 21 Jun 2024 4m away

  Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension.

  Granted Lawful development Extension 3 docs
  Small domestic

• 7 Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB

  PL/2023/01204/TPO Submitted 1 Jun 2023 23m away

  Removal of branches overhanging 7 Speedwell Drive. 4 No ash trees in G3 on attached plan. Ash 1 - Cut back over hanging branches to boundary level. Ash 2 - Cut back over hanging branches to boundary, branches growing towards Ash 4 and remove hanging dead wood. Ash 4 - remove over hanging branches to boundary.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 6 Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB

  PL/2024/01268/TPO Submitted 3 Jul 2024 34m away

  Reduce lateral limbs on ash trees, protected by TPO/00308, to boundary line that are overhanging the rear garden of 8 Speedwell Drive from 6 Burberry Grove.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 7A Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB

  PL/2026/01390/TPO Submitted 24 Jul 2026 42m away

  88% historically approved · decision due ~26 Oct

  T1 Quercus Robor - Crown raise by between 10-12 metres

  Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs

• 6 Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB

  PL/2025/00517/MINFHO Submitted 13 Mar 2025 43m away

  Two storey and single storey rear extensions. Revision to previously planning approval PL/2024/01949/MINFHO.

  Granted Householder Extension 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 6 Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB

  PL/2024/01949/MINFHO Submitted 27 Sep 2024 44m away

  Part two storey, part single storey rear extensions.

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• PL/2026/00345/TPO Granted

  70 Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1RW

  4m crown reduction on oak (Quercus robur) tree T427, to previous pruning points near building and to suitable growth points throughout canopy. Historic wound from ductile fracture to insubordinate limb requires cleaning to nearest natural barrier zone. Major dead wood throughout canopy to clean. Ivy to sever at base.

  19 Feb 2026 Trees
• PL/2026/01602/TPO Awaiting decision

  Darlaston Court 123 Main Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7NJ

  Reduce the whole crown of London plane tree T1 - in front of Flats 40-42 overhanging carriageway - by 3 metres, prune back from property to provide a 2 metre clearance, remove major deadwood and crown thin 10% of the volume.

  1 Sep 2026 Trees
• PL/2026/00750/PPTREE Granted

  8 Spring Close Solihull B91 1RA

  Reduction and 15% thin of crown of 2 No. alder trees at front right of property to allow light into garden and alleviate risk of contact of tree to property. Reduce to old points and remove dead wood on oak tree in back garden on right.

  17 Apr 2026 Trees
• PL/2026/00168/TPO Split decision

  4 Woodside Way Solihull B91 1HB

  T1 Oak tree - Fell to ground level, T2 Oak tree - Fell to ground level, T3 Oak tree - Fell to ground level, T4 Oak tree - Fell to ground level and T5 Holly tree (Dead) - Fell to ground level.

  28 Jan 2026 Trees
• PL/2026/01563/TPO Awaiting decision

  34 Coplow Close Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7PQ

  2 metre reduction to oak tree to growth points on whole crown, 3 metre lift and 20 percent thin of epicormic growth. Work previously carried out on oak tree as caused an excessive amount of epicormic growth and leaf shedding is also becoming unmanageable and results in gutters and drains needing regular clearing during autumn months through to early spring.

  24 Aug 2026 Trees