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First Floor, 248 Wellington Road, Birmingham, B20 2QL

2026/04609/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 25 September 2026

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED AND TO REFUSE1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use at first floor from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1 no.self contained flat (Use Class C3)

Received
1 August 2026
Ward
Birchfield
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor, 248 Wellington Road, Birmingham, B20 2QL. Birmingham has handled 2,571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Birchfield. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The scheme would not provide adequate natural light provision to the first floor kitchen and the second floor bedroom of the proposed residential unit. Furthermore, no section plan has been submitted to show a minimum floor to ceiling height of 2.3m for at least 75% of the Gross Internal Area for the proposed second floor bedroom which would result in substandard accommodation for future occupiers of the site. As such, the scheme would not meet the minimum gross internal floor space standards outlined in the NDSS for a 1no. bedroom, 1no. person self-contained flat. Consequently, the proposal would be contrary to the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as well as policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM2 and DM10 of the Development Management in Birmingham 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B20 2QL
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2026
Consultation expiry
24 August 2026
Consultation start
3 August 2026
Consultation end
24 August 2026
Application expires
28 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Harjap Rajwanshi
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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