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Bordesley Hall The Holloway Alvechurch Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7QA

20/00273/CUPRIOCOU Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 April 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for Change of use from offices (Use Class B1(a)) to 54 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3)

Received
27 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
17
Ward
Alvechurch South Ward
Agent
Cerda Planning Ltd
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Bordesley Hall The Holloway Alvechurch Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7QA. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 1,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 7QA
Application type
COU Prior Approval
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
54
Parish
Alvechurch Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2020
Consultation expiry
23 May 2020
Consultation start
28 February 2020
Consultation end
23 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2020
Last date for comments
23 May 2020
Target decision date
22 April 2020
Permission expires
28 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cerda Planning Ltd
Agent address
Vesey House 5-7 High Street Sutton Coldfield B72 1XH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 March 2020
Site notice end
28 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08496869
Documents
19

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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© 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.

Source: Bromsgrove Redditch

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