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Windyridge Worcester Lane Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B75 5QS

2026/00517/PAHouseholderRefused

Refused on 17 June 2026

Council decision: REFUSE3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Creation of first floor accommodation and and two storey front extension to the existing annex, including the installation of rooflights and dormer windows.

Received
2 February 2026
Ward
Sutton Roughley
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Windyridge Worcester Lane Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B75 5QS. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Sutton Roughley. We hold 627 applications in total for the B75 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 size of the proposed extensions would be significantly out of scale with the existing structure, would be excessive and engulf the existing building, would be highly dominant in appearance and would no longer be viewed as an ancillary building. As such it would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The scale, massing and design of the proposed development would be unduly dominant, would stand as a prominent building which would be detracting from the main dwellinghouse and would harmfully affect the visual amenity of the street scene and the character of the Sutton Coldfield Green Belt setting. 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 and the National Planning Policy Framework
  3. The proposed resulting building by reasons of its size, layout and level of accommodation would constitute as an over-intensive use which would no longer be deemed as an ancillary building and would instead be more akin to self-contained independent accommodation. As such, the proposal would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B75 5QS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
District
Sutton Coldfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Application expires
6 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Chloe Faulkner
Statutory period
5 days

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
  • Green belt: Birmingham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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