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5 Sovereign Court 8 Graham Street Ladywood Birmingham B1 3JR

2024/04517/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 3 no. 1 bed and 3 no. studio apartments (Use Class C3)

Received
10 July 2024
Ward
Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 5 Sovereign Court 8 Graham Street Ladywood Birmingham B1 3JR. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Jewellery Quarter conservation area, with 2 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.

86% of outline 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
B1 3JR
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2024
Application expires
4 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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: 26 Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3PERegister site at or near this address · +2 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.

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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