144 Alexander Road, Birmingham, B27 6HB
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to small HMO (Use Class C4)
- Received
- 9 September 2026
- Decided
- 6 October 2026 · REFUSE
- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Ward
- Acocks Green
- ReceivedSubmitted9 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Oct
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a change of use at 144 Alexander Road,Birmingham,B27 6HB. Birmingham has handled 146 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 73 days. This one was decided in 27 days, 7 weeks quicker than Birmingham's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Acocks Green. We hold 224 applications in total for the B27 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The proposed change of use of the property would result in the loss of a four bedroom family dwellinghouse, and no justification has been provided to demonstrate that the need for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in this location outweighs the important contribution this house made to the Council's objectives, strategies and policies relating to housing provision. As such, the application conflicts with Policy TP35 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The occupation of the property as an HMO by up to 8 unrelated people with varying lifestyles would result in a demonstrable increase in the numbers of comings and goings from the site and a greater level of noise and disturbance in comparison to the existing use as a family dwelling house. The proposed HMO would not, therefore, be appropriate to this location as it would result in unacceptable adverse impacts on the amenity of neighbouring occupiers, contrary to Policies DM2 and DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD 2021 and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The proposed change of use to a five bedroom HMO would introduce a more intensive residential use into an area characterised predominantly by traditional family housing. The scale of occupation and the overall pattern of activity generated by an 8 person HMO would be out of keeping with the established residential character. The proposal would therefore result in an unacceptable adverse impact on the character of the area, contrary to Policy DM11 of the Development Management in Birmingham DPD and the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
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Planning constraints
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.
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