255 Highters Heath Lane Birmingham B14 4NX

2025/00514/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and to Approve with Conditions

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 of part of the building from Takeaway (Use Class Sui Generis) to a studio flat (Use Class C3) at the rear

Received: 23 January 2025
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Highter's Heath

ReceivedReceived23 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Apr

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 255 Highters Heath Lane Birmingham B14 4NX. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Highter's Heath. We hold 319 applications in total for the B14 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: B14 4NX
Application type: Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size: Small
District: Selly Oak

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 January 2025
Application expires: 20 March 2025
Permission expires: 3 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 52 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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