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King Edward Court, 2 Railway Road, Birmingham, B73 6AY

2026/05593/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 October 2026

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3)

Received
6 September 2026
Ward
Sutton Trinity
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at King Edward Court,2 Railway Road,Birmingham,B73 6AY. Birmingham has handled 13 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street Sutton Coldfield conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sutton Trinity. We hold 151 applications in total for the B73 postcode area.

86% of all 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
B73 6AY
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Saffron Realty LTD

Company number 17066503

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
3 Mar 2026 (under 1 year old)
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate; Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Sutton Coldfield

1 other planning application by this company in Birmingham.

  • 2026/01811/PA · Birmingham · King Edward Court 2 Railway Road Sutton Trinity Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B73 6AY
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Callum Jones

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: High Street, Sutton Coldfield Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Three Tuns HotelOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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