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2196 Coventry Road Sheldon Birmingham B26 3JG

2025/04215/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 5 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Subdivision of the former Barclays Bank ground floor into four separate commercial units, including the installation of new shopfronts and roller shutters. Change of use of the first floor commercial office space to a 5-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with associated works

Received
31 July 2025
Ward
Sheldon
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2196 Coventry Road Sheldon Birmingham B26 3JG. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Sheldon. We hold 961 applications in total for the B26 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 application fails to provide accurate or comprehensive existing and proposed plans, including elevation drawings and details of external alterations, preventing a full assessment of the visual impact of the scheme. In addition, the proposed refuse storage arrangement would position bins within the public realm, resulting in visual clutter and harm to the appearance of the street scene. The lack of integrated, enclosed refuse storage and the absence of robust design information together result in a scheme that fails to demonstrate a high quality design response. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan, Policy DM2 and DM11(e) of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and Design Principle 14 and 23 of the Birmingham Design Guide, as well as Paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposal fails to provide a high standard of accommodation for future occupiers. The internal layout is poorly designed, with an enclosed kitchen lacking any external outlook, no dedicated dining space, and no usable utility or washing facility. Bedroom 1 is restricted in width and does not provide a functional layout, and the communal areas are fragmented and incoherent, resulting in inefficient use of space. In addition, the ground floor refuse store is poorly configured and appears incapable of allowing bins to be safely or effectively manoeuvred through the proposed doorway. As submitted, the scheme does not provide adequate internal living space, functional communal facilities, or a practical refuse storage solution. The proposal therefore fails to meet the requirements of Policy DM2 and DM11(f) of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD, Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, City Note LW-11 of the Birmingham Design Guide and Paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B26 3JG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Yardley

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Application expires
25 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
20 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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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