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Old Post Office Alcester Road Portway Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7HZ

18/01080/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 November 2019

Council decision: Application RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application (matters of access, appearance, layout and scale to be considered) for the demolition of existing buildings and outbuildings and the erection of two 2 storey dwellings and one 1 storey dwelling.

Received
23 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Alvechurch South Ward
Agent
Fernhurst Design Ltd
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 366 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Old Post Office Alcester Road Portway Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7HZ. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 1,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 456 days, 57 weeks longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Alvechurch South Ward. We hold 941 applications in total for the B48 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 7HZ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Beoley Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2018
Consultation expiry
16 December 2018
Consultation start
22 November 2018
Consultation end
16 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
15 December 2018
Last date for comments
20 December 2018
Target decision date
16 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fernhurst Design Ltd
Architect profile
FERNHURST DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
9 shawhurst lane hollywood birmingham b47 5hl

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07231967
Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Jul

    Proposed development of four new dwellings

    PendingPermission in Principle26/00825/PIP
  2. 2024
    21 Feb

    Application for the approval of reserved matter following outline planning approval under 20/01363/OUT

    ApprovedReserved matters24/00183/REM
  3. 2020
    3 Nov

    Adjoining authority notification for: Outline application (matters of access, appearance, layout and scale to…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation20/00088/ADJCON
  4. 2020
    30 Oct

    Outline application (matters of access, appearance, layout and scale to be considered) for the demolition of…

    ApprovedOutline Application20/01363/OUT
  5. 2018
    22 Nov

    Outline application (matters of access, appearance, layout and scale to be considered) for the demolition of…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation18/00056/ADJCON

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