80 Friary Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 1BB

2026/03665/PAProposed Lawful Use/DevelopmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 November 2026

Council decision: Section 191 / 192 Permission not Required (Certificate Issued)

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

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed loft conversion with dormer window to rear and roof lights to front

Received: 2 July 2026
Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Handsworth Wood

ReceivedReceived2 Jul
ValidatedValidated2 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Nov

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a loft conversion at 80 Friary Road,Handsworth,Birmingham,B20 1BB. Birmingham has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 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.

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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Application details

Postcode: B20 1BB
Application type: Proposed Lawful Use/Development

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Sanya Imran

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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