232 Marshmont Way Birmingham B23 5YN

2025/05458/PAExisting Lawful Use/DevelopmentRefused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use as a childrens home accommodating a maximum of 2 children

Received: 26 September 2025
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Perry Common

ReceivedReceived26 Sep
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Apr

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 232 Marshmont Way Birmingham B23 5YN. Birmingham has handled 632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Perry Common. We hold 143 applications in total for the B23 postcode area.

81% of amendment 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

Insufficient evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that on the balance of probabilities the current use has not resulted in a material change not requiring planning permission and it is advised that this application is refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: B23 5YN
Application type: Existing Lawful Use/Development
Scale / size: Small
District: Erdington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 January 2026
Application expires: 28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 9 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

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
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 320
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Birmingham

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