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637 Pershore Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 7HB

2026/00646/PAFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 30 April 2026

Council decision: REFUSE4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 6-bed HMO (Use Class C4).

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Bournbrook & Selly Park
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 637 Pershore Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 7HB. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Bournbrook & Selly Park. 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. No evidence has been provided to justify the loss of the family dwellinghouse, to demonstrate the need for a 6-bed HMO or to demonstrate that the proposed change of use would make best use of the existing dwelling. As such, the change of use is considered to be unacceptable in principle and contrary to Policies PG3, TP27, TP28, TP30 and TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan (2017), Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD (2021), the Houses in Multiple Occupation SPD (2022) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed development would result in more than 10% of properties within a 100m radius to be within HMO/SEA use resulting in an overconcentration of HMOs and further harming the area's residential character contrary to Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD.
  3. The proposed development fails to provide an adequate standard of internal living accommodation for future occupiers due to a) lack of a designated dining area and b) washing facilities which fail to meet the requirements of Policy DM11. These deficiencies would result in a poor standard of living accommodation for a 6-bed HMO and are contrary to Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017.
  4. The proposed change of use of a dwelling house to a 6-bed HMO would lead to an unacceptable living environment for adjoining residential occupiers, by reason of noise and general disturbance from the comings and goings of the 6 residents. As such the proposal would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 and DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B29 7HB
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Selly Oak

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Application expires
6 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Hiteshree Kundalia
Statutory period
13 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Selly Park Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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