Halfway Cottage Alcester Road Portway Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7HT
Refused on 15 August 2014
Council decision: Application RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Resubmission of change of use of garage to dwelling
- Received
- 23 May 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Ward
- Alvechurch Village Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation4 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Aug
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Halfway Cottage Alcester Road Portway Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7HT. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Alvechurch Village Ward. We hold 941 applications in total for the B48 postcode area.
94% of amendment applications at Bromsgrove District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- B48 7HT
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Beoley Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 May 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2014
- Consultation start
- 13 June 2014
- Consultation end
- 4 July 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 June 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 July 2014
- Last date for comments
- 7 July 2014
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Flat 1&2 Chestnut House 62 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5NT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bromsgrove
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Bromsgrove Redditch
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