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15 Speedwell Road, Birmingham, B5 7PS

2026/03800/PAProposed Lawful Use/DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 18 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 a proposed loft conversion with dormer window to rear and rooflights to front

Received
8 July 2026
Ward
Balsall Heath West
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a loft conversion at 15 Speedwell Road,Birmingham,B5 7PS. Birmingham has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 8 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Balsall Heath West. We hold 312 applications in total for the B5 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 proposed Certificate of Lawful Development for the erection of a rear dormer widow and roof lights are not granted in virtue of Part 1, Classes B & C of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended), as permitted development rights have been removed under an Article 3 condition (application reference 27946008). As such, a Certificate of Lawfulness cannot be issued and is therefore refused. It is advised that planning permission would be required for the proposed development sought.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B5 7PS
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use/Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
GD DESIGNS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
Philip Whittaker

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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