Planning application
Development Site Waterloo Avenue Fordbridge Solihull
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erect freestanding Sign 1 - 9m internally illuminated totem pole sign; freestanding Sign 2 - Drive thru directional signs; freestanding Sign 3 - One-off clearance bar; freestanding Sign 4 - Pre-view menu board; freestanding Sign 5 - Speaker post with canopy over; freestanding Sign 6 - 5 panel menu board; freestanding Sign 7 - DT Thank you sign; freestanding Sign 8 - DT Exit only sign; freestanding Sign 15 - Monument sign. Erect 10 No. fascia signs (As shown on the drawing 4618_PL11 - Proposed Signage Elevation - Unit 1 and 4618_PL13- Proposed Signage Elevation - Unit 2 as well as the attached EMEA DT Signage Pack by NIS Signs; fascia Sign 9 - Logo disk sign surface mounted and illuminated - 1500mm; fascia Sign 10 - Custom sign - Drive thru illuminated stacked Woodmark sign; fascia Sign 11 - Logo disk sign surface mounted and Illuminated - 1500mm; fascia Sign 12 - Custom sign - Drive thru illuminated stacked Woodmark sign; fascia Sign 13 - Woodmark surface mounted illuminated sign- 250mm; fascia Sign 14 - Woodmark surface mounted illuminated sign- 250mm; fascia Sign 16 - Logo disk sign surface mounted and illuminated - 750mm; fascia Sign 17 - Surface mounted StoreMore logo sign - 3000mm; fascia Sign 18 - Surface mounted StoreMore logo sign - 3000mm; fascia Sign 19 - Surface mounted self-storage text sign - 900mm.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/00546/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/00546/ADV
- Type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Chelmsley Wood
- Parish
- Fordbridge Town Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Solihull register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/00545/PPFL Granted
Development Site Waterloo Avenue Fordbridge Solihull
Construction of a new single storey drive-thru cafe (Starbucks) and three storey industrial unit (Self-store) with alterations to the hard and soft landscaping and formation of a new vehicular access into site.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2026
Received by Solihull
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Solihull took a median of 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: PL/2026/00545/PPFL (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Dovetail Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in London
Active · incorporated 1990 · London
104 applications on PlanIndex · across 26 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- SMBC - DRAINAGE & LLFA
- SMBC - HIGHWAYS
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - UNIT 1 - STARBUCKS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN - UNIT 1 - STARBUCKS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - UNIT 1 - STARBUCKS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - UNIT 2 - SELF-STORE
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN - UNIT 2 - SELF-STORE
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - UNIT 2 - SELF-STORE
- PROPOSED SIGNAGE PLAN - UNIT 1 - STARBUCKS
- PROPOSED SIGNAGE ELEVATIONS - UNIT 1 - STARBUCKS
- PROPOSED SIGNAGE PLAN - UNIT 2 - SELF-STORE
- PROPOSED SIGNAGE ELEVATIONS - UNIT 2 - SELF-STORE
- PERSPECTIVES DOCUMENT
- OVERSHADOWING ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - EMEA DT SIGNAGE PACK - UNIT 1 STARBUCKS
- STATUTORY METRIC MACRO DISABLED
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- LIGHTING IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL & BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- SEQUENTIAL TEST
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- APOLLO INGOT LIGHTING SPECIFICATION
- APOLLO NOVA OPAL LIGHTING SPECIFICATION
- BNG METRIC
- DUET LIGHTING SPECIFICATION
- FAGERHULT LIGHTING SPECIFICATION
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Solihull for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Solihull decided advertisement consent applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About advertisement consent applications
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