29 Rotton Park Street Edgbaston Birmingham B16 0AE
Refused on 20 November 2025
Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 4-bed HMO (Use Class C4)
- Received
- 15 August 2025
- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Ward
- Ladywood
- ReceivedReceived15 Aug
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 Rotton Park Street Edgbaston Birmingham B16 0AE. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Ladywood. We hold 91 applications in total for the B16 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
- The proposed change of use to a 4-bed House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) would result in the loss of an existing 4 bedroom family dwelling of which there is a shortage and evidenced demand for in the City. Insufficient planning justification has been provided to demonstrate the need for the proposed 4-bed HMO in this location or the lack of demand for the existing single-family use of the property to justify the loss of the existing family dwelling. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policy TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham Development Plan Document (2021), the Houses in Multiple Occupation SPD (2022) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The proposal would fail to provide access to private outdoor amenity space for future occupiers, contrary to policy DM11 of the DMB DPD and City Note LW-13 of the Birmingham Design Guide (2022).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- B16 0AE
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Ladywood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2025
- Application expires
- 10 October 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 4 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
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
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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