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4 Invention Avenue Birmingham B21 9AF

2025/03436/PAHouseholderApproved

Approved on 28 August 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to Conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of first floor side and rear extension

Received
5 May 2025
Ward
Handsworth
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 4 Invention Avenue Birmingham B21 9AF. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Handsworth. 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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Application details

Postcode
B21 9AF
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Perry Barr

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Application expires
21 August 2025
Permission expires
28 August 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

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.

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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