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37 South Road Birmingham B31 2QZ

2025/06789/PAPermitted Development HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: No Prior Approval Required

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

Proposal

Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3 metres, eaves height 3 metres

Received
28 November 2025
Ward
Northfield
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 37 South Road Birmingham B31 2QZ. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Northfield. We hold 781 applications in total for the B31 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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Application details

Postcode
B31 2QZ
Application type
Permitted Development Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Northfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Application expires
8 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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.

Source: Birmingham

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