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70 Greenfield Road Harborne Birmingham B17 0EE

2025/03219/PAHouseholderRefused

Refused on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Installation of dormer window to front and enlargement of existing dormer window to rear.

Received
10 June 2025
Ward
Harborne
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 70 Greenfield Road Harborne Birmingham B17 0EE. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 254 days, 28 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Greenfield Road conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Harborne. We hold 769 applications in total for the B17 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 design and scale of the proposed front and rear dormer extensions would be out of keeping with the design, character and appearance of the existing house and street scene. As such, it would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The scale/design of the proposed front and rear dormer extensions would not preserve or enhance the character of the Greenfield Road Conservation Area in Harborne. As such it would be contrary to Policies PG3 and TP12 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, the Birmingham Design Guide 2022 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B17 0EE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Edgbaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Application expires
6 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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: Greenfield Road, Harborne Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo+2 more
  • 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.

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