Abacus Court Bull Street Harborne Birmingham B17 0HH

2024/04132/PAFull PlanningRefused

Full

Refused on 1 November 2024

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Change of use from offices to two four-bed dwellinghouses, including a two-storey rear extension.

Received: 26 June 2024
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Harborne

ReceivedReceived26 Jun
ValidatedValidated14 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Nov

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Abacus Court Bull Street Harborne Birmingham B17 0HH. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Greenfield Road conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Harborne. We hold 769 applications in total for the B17 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: B17 0HH
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
District: Edgbaston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 August 2024
Application expires: 21 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 7 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.

Conservation area: Greenfield Road, Harborne Conservation Area
Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo+2 more
Brownfield land register: 166 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9PWRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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.

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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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