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955 Pershore Road Birmingham B29 7PS

2025/07327/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of three-storey apartment block comprising 8no self-contained flats (Use Class C3) with associated access, parking and landscaping

Received
5 January 2026
Ward
Bournbrook & Selly Park
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 955 Pershore Road Birmingham B29 7PS. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Selly Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 scale, massing, height and design of the proposed three-storey apartment block development would be out of context with the surrounding properties and would be unduly dominant. The overall intensity of the proposed development would be out of keeping with the character of the surrounding area. As such it would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD (2021), guidance in the Birmingham Design Guide (2022) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed development by virtue of its scale, massing, height, design and the use of inappropriate materials would not preserve or enhance the character of the Selly Park Conservation Area. The degree of harm to this heritage asset is considered to be 'less than substantial' but the public benefits arising from the development would not outweigh this identifed harm. As such it would be contrary to Policies PG3 and TP12 of the Birmingham Development Plan (2017), the Selly Park CAAMP (2022), guidance within the Birmingham Design Guide (2022) and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B29 7PS
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Selly Oak

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Application expires
2 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Selly Park Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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