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250-252 Tiverton Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6BZ

2025/05794/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 23 June 2026

Council decision: REFUSE4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Refurbishment of existing building and new build development of purpose-built student accommodation providing 30 bedrooms in a mix of studios and cluster flats along with associated works.

Received
14 October 2025
Ward
Bournbrook & Selly Park
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 250-252 Tiverton Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6BZ. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 28 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Bournbrook & Selly Park. We hold 1,066 applications in total for the B29 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 proposal would not reflect the existing character of the street scene and as such would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017 guidance in Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposal does not provide an adequate separation distance to existing residential units and would lead to a loss of privacy through overlooking. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policies 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.
  3. The proposal does not provide an adequate communal spaces for the proposed residential units and would lead to poor quality living environments. As such the proposal would be contrary to the Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. Insufficient information has been submitted in relation to protected species to enable the Local Planning Authority to adequately assess the schemes impacts and harms, contrary to TP8 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017 and Chapter 15 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B29 6BZ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
District
Selly Oak

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Application expires
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
KHOURY ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacob Collett
Statutory period
69 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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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