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531 Hob Moor Road South Yardley Birmingham B25 8TH

2025/07265/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse5 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a physiotherapy clinic (Use Class E)

Received
24 December 2025
Ward
South Yardley
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 531 Hob Moor Road South Yardley Birmingham B25 8TH. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across South Yardley. We hold 107 applications in total for the B25 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 location of the proposed development would be outside of a defined local centre, within a predominantly residential area and in an semi-detached property. In this respect the proposed location is considered to be unacceptable and is contrary to Policies TP21 and TP37 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017.
  2. The proposed change of use of the property would result in the loss of a four bedroom family dwelling house, and insufficient justification has been provided to demonstrate that the need for a physiotherapy clinic in this location outweighs the important contribution this dwelling makes to the Council's objectives, strategies and policies relating to housing provision. As such, the application conflicts with Policy TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. The cumulative impact of the proposed use, along with the existing surgeries at the neighbouring properties would, by reason of noise disturbance from associated activities and increased comings and goings, have an adverse impact on the amenities of occupants of nearby residential properties. As such the proposal is contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The proposal would significantly increase the demand for on-street parking within this part of Hob Moor Road which could potentially result in indiscriminate parking to the detriment of highway safety. As such the proposal is contrary to Policies DM14 and DM15 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021.
  5. The proposed development would result in the introduction of an additional health-related commercial use within a section of Hob Moor Road that already accommodates two established surgeries, thereby eroding the predominantly residential character of the immediate surrounding area. As such, the proposal is considered contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017 and National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B25 8TH
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Yardley

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Application expires
18 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
13 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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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