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637 Pershore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7HB

2026/03297/PAExisting Lawful Use/DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 7 September 2026

Council decision: SECTION 191 / 192 REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE REFUSED)

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as a small HMO (Use Class C4)

Received
17 June 2026
Ward
Bournbrook & Selly Park
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 637 Pershore Road,Selly Oak,Birmingham,B29 7HB. Birmingham has handled 47 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Bournbrook & Selly Park. We hold 1,066 applications in total for the B29 postcode area.

62% of existing 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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Application details

Postcode
B29 7HB
Application type
Existing Lawful Use/Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
HOLLAND LLOYD LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Richard Bergmann

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Selly Park Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Source: Birmingham

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