Birmingham Alexander Stadium Walsall Road Perry Barr Birmingham B42 2LR

2024/04846/PAVariation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 October 2024

Council decision: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS

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Proposal

Section 73 application to vary Condition 32 (boundary treatment) of permission 2019/07968/PA to change the approved layout of the fence lines on the North Plaza, with additional event access gates, and to increase the height of the secure line fencing boundary around the warm up track Original Application: Hybrid planning application to include full planning permission to provide a new western stadium, increase seating capacity to 18,000, relay athletics track, provide new warm up track, a new throwing area, sports lighting, provision of office/teaching accommodation, landscaping and all associated works. An outline application for Commonwealth Games 'overlay' to include temporary seating up to 40,000 spectators, athlete drop-off/pick-up area, temporary bus mall, various compounds and upgrade/provision of access road, all matters reserved

Received: 25 July 2024
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Perry Barr

ReceivedReceived25 Jul
ValidatedValidated8 Aug
Consult.Consultation5 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided31 Oct

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Birmingham Alexander Stadium Walsall Road Perry Barr Birmingham B42 2LR. Birmingham has handled 1,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There have been 30 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Perry Barr. We hold 655 applications in total for the B42 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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: B42 2LR
Application type: Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Medium
District: Perry Barr

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 5 September 2024
Consultation start: 8 August 2024
Consultation end: 5 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 8 August 2024
Application expires: 24 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 77 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 8 August 2024

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Gates and Gatepiers to the Church of St John the EvangelistOn or next to this site · +2 more
Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 776Part of the site · +1 more

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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