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222 Gregory Avenue Birmingham B29 5DR

2026/00348/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 3no. one-bed self contained flats (Use Class C3)

Received
26 January 2026
Ward
Weoley & Selly Oak
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 222 Gregory Avenue Birmingham B29 5DR. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Weoley & Selly Oak. 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 proposed change of use of the property would result in the loss of a three bedroom family dwelling house, and insufficient justification has been provided to demonstrate that the need for 3no. one bedroom self-contained flats 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 Policies TP27 and TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM12 (e) of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2025.
  2. The development would provide poor quality accommodation for the occupiers of flat 3 by virtue of insufficient bedroom size and gross floor area. As such the scheme is contrary to the Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policies DM2 and DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2025.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B29 5DR
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Northfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Application expires
23 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

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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