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Fairfax Road Wordsworth/Tennyson/Shakespeare House Northfield Birmingham B31 3SF

2014/08960/PAFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2015

Council decision: Approve subject to Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

External refurbishment works to blocks of flats comprising re-cladding, new insulated render system, new brick slips, enclosure of balconies with aluminium double glazing window system with opening lights, louvered and insulated panels, new building name signage, new replacement curtain wall system and remedial structural works.

Received
5 December 2014
Ward
Longbridge & West Heath
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Fairfax Road Wordsworth/Tennyson/Shakespeare House Northfield Birmingham B31 3SF. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Longbridge & West Heath. We hold 781 applications in total for the B31 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Birmingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B31 3SF
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Northfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2014
Consultation expiry
6 January 2015
Consultation end
6 January 2015
Application expires
30 January 2015
Permission expires
30 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2015
    7 May

    Application to determine the details for condition number 3 attached to approval 2014/08960/PA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/03691/PA
  2. 2014
    5 Dec

    External refurbishment works to blocks of flats comprising re-cladding, new insulated render system, new…

    This applicationApprovedFull2014/08960/PA

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