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45 Church Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3ST

2024/06432/PAListed BuildingRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for Demolition of swimming pool building and erection of 3 storey extension to facilitate the change of use from large HMO (sui generis) to 53 studios for occupation by students (Sui Generis)

Received
7 October 2024
Ward
Edgbaston
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 370 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 45 Church Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3ST. Birmingham has handled 431 applications of this type. This one was decided in 413 days, 51 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Edgbaston conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

94% of heritage applications at Birmingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development by virtue of its location, size, scale, form and associated earthworks, will cause a high level of less than substantial harm to the immediate setting of the listed building from the south and east. This harm is not outweighed by public benefits. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy TP12 of the Birmingham Development Plan, Historic Environment SPD, and paragraph 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B15 3ST
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
District
Edgbaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2024
Application expires
2 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
13 days

Additional information

Documents
45

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 34, Church Road B15On or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 698
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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.

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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