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31 Faraday Avenue, Birmingham, B32 1LU

2026/03790/PAProposed Lawful Use/DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 8 October 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 a lawful development certificate for a proposed change of use from single dwelling house (Use Class C3a) to supported living accommodation (Use Class C3b)

Received
8 July 2026
Ward
Quinton
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 31 Faraday Avenue,Birmingham,B32 1LU. Birmingham has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Quinton. We hold 744 applications in total for the B32 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
B32 1LU
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use/Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT & SERVICES LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacqueline Hughes

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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