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117 Pershore Road Birmingham B5 7NX

2026/00259/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and to Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use at first and second floor from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 1 no. residential unit (Use Class C3)

Received
19 January 2026
Ward
Balsall Heath West
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 117 Pershore Road Birmingham B5 7NX. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Balsall Heath West. We hold 312 applications in total for the B5 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
B5 7NX
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Application expires
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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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