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Hamstead Hall Community Learning Centre Craythorne Avenue Birmingham B20 1HL

2026/02353/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 July 2026

Council decision: NO PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED

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

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the installation of roof mounted Solar PV solar panels

Received
28 April 2026
Ward
Handsworth Wood
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Hamstead Hall Community Learning Centre Craythorne Avenue Birmingham B20 1HL. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Handsworth Wood. We hold 141 applications in total for the B20 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Birmingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B20 1HL
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size
Small
District
Perry Barr

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Application expires
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Harjap Rajwanshi
Statutory period
54 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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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