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13 Soho Road Birmingham B21 9SN

2025/01535/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 17 September 2026

Council decision: REFUSE1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Conversion of care hostel ( Sui Generis ) into Aparthotel (Use Class C1)

Received
17 March 2025
Ward
Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 549 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 13 Soho Road Birmingham B21 9SN. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 549 days, 70 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Lozells and Soho Hill conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Soho & Jewellery Quarter. We hold 382 applications in total for the B21 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would change the pattern of vehicular movements to and from the site. This would lead to increased reversing movements onto the adjacent highway at times when pedestrian and vehicle traffic flow is high, which would be detrimental to pedestrian and vehicle safety. As such it would be contrary to Policies PG3 and TP44 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B21 9SN
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2025
Application expires
12 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
ANJUM DESIGN LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Anh Do

Additional information

Documents
17

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: Lozells and Soho Hill Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 9 and 11, Soho Road B21On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 1392
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lozells and Soho Hill
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Mar

    Conversion of care hostel ( Sui Generis ) into Aparthotel (Use Class C1)

    This applicationRefusedFull2025/01535/PA
  2. 2025
    17 Mar

    Listed Building Consent for conversion of care hostel (Sui Generis) into Aparthotel (Use Class C1)

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2025/01558/PA

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