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9 Dolphin Road, Birmingham, B11 3LS

2026/00783/PAFull PlanningRefused
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Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: REFUSE2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 3-bed HMO (Use Class C4)

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
Sparkhill
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 9 Dolphin Road,Birmingham,B11 3LS. Birmingham has handled 198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Sparkhill. We hold 687 applications in total for the B11 postcode area.

77% of full planning 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 change of use of the property has resulted in the loss of a four bedroom family dwellinghouse, and no justification has been provided to demonstrate that the need for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in this location outweighs the important contribution this property makes to the Council's objectives, strategies and policies relating to housing provision. As such, the application conflicts with Policy TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The change of use has resulted in a continuous frontage of three or more Houses in Multiple Occupation within this part of Dolphin Road, as nos.5 and 7 Dolphin Road are also in use as HMOs. The development has led to the clustering of non-family residential uses harmful to the balance and mix of the local community, resulting in an unacceptable erosion of the residential character of the area. As such the application is contrary to Policy TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Criteria 1c) of Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B11 3LS
Application type
Full Planning

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
NEXT LEVEL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Mohammed Abdellah

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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