Skip to content

55-56 Tenby Street North Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B1 3EG

2023/06653/PAFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use to form offices with associated external alterations including formation of new openings, creation of mezzanine floors and replacement of windows and doors.

Received
3 October 2023
Ward
Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 55-56 Tenby Street North Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B1 3EG. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Jewellery Quarter conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Soho & Jewellery Quarter. We hold 93 applications in total for the B1 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).

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

Application details

Postcode
B1 3EG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Application expires
28 November 2023
Permission expires
29 January 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
46 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Jewellery Quarter Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Brownfield land register: 92 to 95 Carver Street, Soho & Jewellery QuarterRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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 B1

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