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351 Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5JD

2026/01882/PAProposed Lawful Use/DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 21 September 2026

Council decision: SECTION 191 / 192 REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE REFUSED)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use as a residential home for vulnerable adults

Received
9 April 2026
Ward
Heartlands
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 351 Yardley Green Road,Bordesley Green,Birmingham,B9 5JD. Birmingham has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Heartlands. We hold 873 applications in total for the B9 postcode area.

79% of proposed lawful use/development 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 information submitted within this application does not contain sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to show that on the balance of probabilities, that the change of use of the property would not be material and as such lawful and is therefore contrary to Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GPDO) (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B9 5JD
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use/Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Buywise Investments Ltd

Company number 15047654

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
3 Aug 2023 (3 years old)
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Birmingham
  • Confirmation statement overdue
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Ilott

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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