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49 Bedford Drive Birmingham B75 6AX

2025/05941/PAHouseholderRefused

Refused on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of two storey side and forward extension, single storey forward and single storey rear extensions and increase in height of existing single storey rear storage structure.

Received
21 October 2025
Ward
Sutton Roughley
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 49 Bedford Drive Birmingham B75 6AX. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 proposed two storey side and forward extension does not comply with the 45 Degree Code for House Extensions and would lead to a loss of outlook and light to No. 51 Bedford Drive. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policies DM2 and DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The size of the proposed single storey rear extension would be out of scale with the existing house and would dominate its appearance and would be out of keeping with the size of other rear extensions within the street. As such it would be contrary to Policy 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.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B75 6AX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Sutton Coldfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Application expires
16 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 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
  • 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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