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32 Avebury Road Strichley Birmingham B30 2UN

2025/04877/PAHouseholderRefused

Refused on 20 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Hip to gable roof enlargement with loft conversion, dormer window to rear and erection of single storey front extension

Received
1 September 2025
Ward
Stirchley
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 32 Avebury Road Strichley Birmingham B30 2UN. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Stirchley. We hold 144 applications in total for the B30 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 of the proposed hip to gable roof extension would be out of keeping with the existing character of the street scene and as such would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, and Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The scale and design of the proposedhip to gable roof extension and dormer window would be out of keeping with the design/character/appearance of the existing house and as such 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.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B30 2UN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Selly Oak

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2025
Application expires
27 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
47 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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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