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Former Debenhams Unit Upper Mall West Bullring Shopping Centre Birmingham B5 4BL

2023/00720/PAAdvertisementApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 30 March 2023

Council decision: Approve Temporary

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

Proposal

Display of 2no. internally illuminated high level fascia signs and 2no. non-illuminated vinyl signs

Received
2 February 2023
Ward
Ladywood
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated15 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Former Debenhams Unit Upper Mall West Bullring Shopping Centre Birmingham B5 4BL. Birmingham has handled 634 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 122 applications across Ladywood. We hold 312 applications in total for the B5 postcode area.

88% of advertising 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
B5 4BL
Application type
Advertisement
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 February 2023
Application expires
30 March 2023
Permission expires
30 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

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