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Botanical Gardens Westbourne Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3TR

2024/05715/PAFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of buildings and structures with internal and external alterations to the existing Gatehouse Building, alterations to glasshouses and re-orientation of their roofs, extensions and alterations to form a new visitors centre with a cafe and shop, internal and external alterations to the existing function room and erection of an events building with the installation of a new central courtyard and erection of a new Study Centre, infilling of existing basements and extensions and alterations to the existing nursery buildings. Installation of a new pedestrian access, installation of a new vehicle access with alterations to the existing car parking layout, installation of external seating areas, hard surfacing, boundary treatment, landscaping and associated works

Received
5 September 2024
Ward
Edgbaston
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Botanical Gardens Westbourne Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3TR. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 222 days, 24 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Edgbaston conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Edgbaston. We hold 1,132 applications in total for the B15 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
B15 3TR
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Large
District
Edgbaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2024
Application expires
31 October 2024
Permission expires
15 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Documents
172

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: Edgbaston Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    15 May

    Demolition of lawn aviary structures

    ApprovedFull Planning2024/03012/PA

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