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Aston Church Road Overbridge Over Network Rail infrastructure between areas of Nechells and Saltley

2024/07908/PAHigh Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act 2017 Discharge of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 June 2025

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of conditions 2 (parapet details and sample materials), 3 (details and samples of street lighting on the bridge), 4 (details and sample of pedestrian handrail) and 5 (details of hard landscape) and 6 (details of earthworks) pursuant to application reference 2023/00419/PA for an overbridge structure carrying Aston Church Road over existing and proposed rail infrastructure with associated earthworks, bridge lighting and vehicle restraint system submitted under Schedule 17 of the High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 including Supplementary Environmental Statement for temporary closures of Aston Church Road.

Received
11 December 2024
Ward
Nechells
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 184 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Aston Church Road Overbridge Over Network Rail infrastructure between areas of Nechells and Saltley. Birmingham has handled 1,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Nechells. We hold 1,483 applications in total for the B8 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
B8 1NA
Application type
High Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act 2017 Discharge of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Application expires
5 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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.

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