737 Washwood Heath Road Ward End Birmingham B8 2JY

2023/04426/PAFull PlanningApproved

Full

Approved on 20 October 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to retail (Use Class E) and first floor to self contained flat (Use Class C3)

Received: 3 July 2023
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Ward End

ReceivedReceived3 Jul
ValidatedValidated26 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Oct

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 737 Washwood Heath Road Ward End Birmingham B8 2JY. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Ward End. We hold 1,483 applications in total for the B8 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: B8 2JY
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
District: Hodge Hill & Solihull North

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 July 2023
Application expires: 28 August 2023
Permission expires: 20 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 33 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

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.

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