1 Richmond Avenue off Homer Street Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9RB

2016/09711/PAExisting Lawful Use/DevelopmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 12 January 2017

Council decision: Section 191 / 192 Permission not Required (Certificate Issued)

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

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of two rooms on the ground floor as a teaching facility for 12 pupils between 1700 hrs to 1900 hrs Monday to Friday

Received: 17 November 2016
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Balsall Heath West

ReceivedReceived17 Nov
ValidatedValidated22 Nov
Consult.Consultation22 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 Richmond Avenue off Homer Street Balsall Heath Birmingham B12 9RB. Birmingham has handled 632 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 25 applications across Balsall Heath West. We hold 622 applications in total for the B12 postcode area.

81% of amendment 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: B12 9RB
Application type: Existing Lawful Use/Development
Scale / size: Small
District: Hall Green

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 November 2016
Consultation expiry: 22 December 2016
Consultation end: 22 December 2016
Application expires: 12 January 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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.

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© 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.

Source: Birmingham

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