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163 Gipsy Lane Birmingham B23 7SU

2025/04328/PAPermitted Development HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 6 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and to Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres, eaves height 3 metres

Received
4 August 2025
Ward
Stockland Green
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 163 Gipsy Lane Birmingham B23 7SU. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Stockland Green. We hold 143 applications in total for the B23 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extension does not comply with the 45 Degree Code for House Extensions and would lead to a loss of outlook and light to 161 Gipsy Lane. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policies DM2 and DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B23 7SU
Application type
Permitted Development Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Erdington

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2025
Application expires
12 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 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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