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Land adjacent to 20 Edwards Road Sutton Four Oaks Birmingham B75 5NG

2025/05548/PAOutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 June 2026

Council decision: REFUSE2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Outline planning application for the erection of a 3-bed detached dwelling (all matters reserved except access and layout)

Received
1 October 2025
Ward
Sutton Roughley
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land adjacent to 20 Edwards Road Sutton Four Oaks Birmingham B75 5NG. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Sutton Roughley. We hold 627 applications in total for the B75 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 development, by virtue of its siting, layout and relationship with the established building lines along Edwards Road and Darnel Hurst Road, would result in an incongruous form of development that disrupts the established spatial rhythm and erodes the open character of the corner plot. The proposal would appear out of keeping with the prevailing pattern of development and would fail to integrate with the surrounding street scene, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Design Principles DP1 and DP2 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD, City Note ID?1 of the Birmingham ID Manual, and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Insufficient and inaccurate ecological information has been submitted to enable the Local Planning Authority to adequately assess the ecological impact of the development. The submitted Small Sites Metric contains errors and omissions, including incorrect baseline habitat calculations and the omission of a mature willow tree previously present on the site. As such, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposal would not result in harm to biodiversity or that Biodiversity Net Gain requirements can be met. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy TP8 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Design Principle DP9 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD, City Note GI?21 of the Landscape and Green Infrastructure Manual, and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B75 5NG
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
District
Sutton Coldfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Application expires
26 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
JOHN REYNOLDS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Abigail Honnor
Statutory period
5 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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