Skip to content

49 Merrishaw Road Birmingham B31 3SL

2023/05134/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from vacant day nursery (Class Use E) to state-funded SEN school (Class Use F1(a))

Received
25 July 2023
Ward
Longbridge & West Heath
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 49 Merrishaw Road Birmingham B31 3SL. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. 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.

86% of outline applications at Birmingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
B31 3SL
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size
Small
District
Northfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2023
Application expires
19 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

Source: Birmingham

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near B31

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address