16 Sycamore Road Handsworth Birmingham B21 0QL
Approved on 15 July 2026
Council decision: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
Proposal
Erection of single storey rear extension and installation of loft conversion with dormer window to rear and no 2 front
- Received
- 14 January 2026
- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Sycamore Road Handsworth Birmingham B21 0QL. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Soho & Jewellery Quarter. We hold 382 applications in total for the B21 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
- B21 0QL
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Ladywood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 May 2026
- Application expires
- 11 March 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Leah Harris
- Statutory period
- 29 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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