4-7 Railway Terrace Old Walsall Road Perry Barr Birmingham B42 1NR

1. 1.The proposed development would provide substandard residential accommodation through the provision of 4no. studio flats and 1no. two-bedroom flat that fail to meet the minimum internal space requirements of the Nationally Described Space Standards. The proposal would therefore fail to provide appropriately sized dwellings capable of meeting the needs of future occupiers and would represent a poor standard of residential accommodation. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3 and TP27 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed development would fail to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers. In particular, Flats 4 and 5A would experience a constrained outlook, to the detriment of their residential amenity, thus forming an unsatisfactory level of living conditions for future occupiers for what is proposed as their main living space. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3, TP27 and TP37 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD, City Notes LW-3 and LW-13 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD and NPPF.
3. 3.The proposed development would fail to provide appropriate communal amenity space, which is conveniently or directly accessible from the residential accommodation for future occupiers of the site. This arrangement, as proposed forms an unsatisfactory level of future amenity for any future occupiers of the site. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3, TP27 and TP37 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD, City Notes LW-3 and LW-13 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD and NPPF.
4. 4.The proposed refuse and recycling storage arrangements, by reason of their location, accessibility and insufficient capacity, would fail to provide satisfactory waste management facilities for future occupiers of the development. Future residents would be required to access refuse storage via an indirect route through the commercial servicing area and it has not been demonstrated that adequate refuse and recycling storage provision would be available to serve the proposed 6no. residential units. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3 and TP27 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policies DM2 and DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD, Design Principle 23 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD and the National Planning Policy Framework.
5. 5.The proposed development, by reason of the scale, massing and design of the rear extension and roof alterations, including the provision of 4 no. large dormer windows, would result in a bulky, dominant and visually intrusive form of development which would fail to remain subordinate to the host building. The cumulative impact of the rear extension, roof alterations and dormer additions would create a cluttered and incongruous appearance that would harm the character and appearance of the site. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3 and TP27 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and City Note LW-7 of the Birmingham Design Guide SPD.
6. 6.The proposed development would provide a housing mix which fails to adequately reflect identified local housing needs. In particular, the development would remain predominantly comprised of studio accommodation despite evidence of a significant demand for larger homes, including two- bedroom accommodation, within the locality. Insufficient evidence has been submitted to justify the proposed mix or to demonstrate why a departure from identified housing needs should be supported. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies PG3 and TP27 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

B42 1NR

Application type

Full Planning

Scale / size

Small

District

Perry Barr

Date validated

23 March 2026

Application expires

18 May 2026

Case officer

Abigail Honnor

Statutory period

35 days