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Outside University Locks 50 Curzon Street Birmingham B4 7XJ

2025/05309/PATelecommunications DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 7 November 2025

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

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

Proposal

Application for a prior notification for the installation of 20m high telecommunications mast with associated antennas, equipment cabinets and ancillary development works

Received
19 September 2025
Ward
Nechells
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Outside University Locks 50 Curzon Street Birmingham B4 7XJ. Birmingham has handled 777 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 54 applications across Nechells. We hold 77 applications in total for the B4 postcode area.

87% of telecoms 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 20m high telecommunications mast and associated cabinets would, by virtue of their size, siting and design, appear as prominent and incongruous features within the street scene and harm the character and appearance of the area, including the Warwick Barr Conservation area. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policies PG3 and TP12 of the Birmingham Development Plan, Policy DM16 of the Development Management in Birmingham Development Plan Document, the Birmingham Design Guide SPD, and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B4 7XJ
Application type
Telecommunications Determination
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Application expires
13 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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.

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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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