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West Midlands Police Steelhouse Lane Birmingham B4 6NW

2026/00039/PAFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS

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

Proposal

Application for the demolition of an outbuilding and the lift motor room at third floor; replaced with an extension. Infill extension at second floor to create 1 no. apartment and extension to create internal staircase. External alterations include removal of external fire escape stairs, redundant external flues and mechanical ducting and replacement of windows for doors.

Received
7 January 2026
Ward
Ladywood
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at West Midlands Police Steelhouse Lane Birmingham B4 6NW. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Steelhouse conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Ladywood. We hold 77 applications in total for the B4 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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Application details

Postcode
B4 6NW
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Application expires
4 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Ayesha Ali

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: Steelhouse City Centre Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Steelhouse
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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