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243 Castle Road Weoley Birmingham B29 5HZ

2026/01776/PAFull PlanningRefused
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Refused on 14 July 2026

Council decision: REFUSE4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis) and erection of two storey side extension

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Weoley & Selly Oak
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 243 Castle Road Weoley Birmingham B29 5HZ. Birmingham has handled 10,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 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. No evidence has been provided to justify the loss of the family dwellinghouse, to demonstrate the need for a 7-bedroom HMO or to demonstrate that the proposed change of use and associated operational development 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 fails to provide an adequate standard of internal communal living accommodation for future occupiers due to a lack of a designated lounge / living area and insufficently sized and quality communal spaces to meet the needs for a large-HMO of this intensity. These deficiencies would result in a poor standard of living accommodation for a 7-bedroom HMO. As such, the proposals are contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policies DM2 and DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021, the Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022 and the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. Inadequate outdoor amenity amenity space is proposed and as such the proposal would be contrary to Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policies DM2 and DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021, Birmingham Design Guide SPD 2022 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The proposed change of use of a dwellinghouse to a 7-bedroom 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 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 5HZ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
District
Northfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
NICK CARROLL ARCHITECTS LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
Richard Bergmann
Statutory period
2 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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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