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221 - 223 High Street, Birmingham, B23 6SS

2026/06497/PAPermitted Development Commercial from May 2013Awaiting decision
Prior approval
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 of existing first and second floor offices (Use Class E) to 2 no. residential flats (Use Class C3)

Received
26 October 2026
Ward
Erdington
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 221 - 223 High Street,Birmingham,B23 6SS. Birmingham has handled 13 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 143 applications in total for the B23 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
B23 6SS
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Hamzah Rehman

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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