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56 Parkes Avenue, Highgate, Birmingham, B12 9AW

2025/05034/PAHouseholderApproved

Approved on 26 October 2026

Council decision: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS

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

Proposal

Conversion of part of garage to habitable space to incude a new window to rear elevation

Received
9 September 2025
Ward
Balsall Heath West
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 56 Parkes Avenue,Highgate ,Birmingham,B12 9AW. Birmingham has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 16 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 622 applications in total for the B12 postcode area.

91% of householder 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
B12 9AW
Application type
Householder

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT & SERVICES LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacqueline Hughes

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.

Source: Birmingham

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