The Old Barn Chapel Lane Alvechurch Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7QJ
Refused on 14 January 2022
Council decision: C of L Existing Use - RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for - Use of land as domestic garden forming part of the extended residential curtilage of the dwellinghouse known as The Old Barn
- Received
- 18 February 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Ward
- Alvechurch South Ward
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 May
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 330 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Barn Chapel Lane Alvechurch Birmingham Worcestershire B48 7QJ. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 330 days, 39 weeks longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There have been 5 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.
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 7QJ
- Application type
- Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Alvechurch Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 24 May 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 April 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 May 2021
- Last date for comments
- 24 May 2021
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2021
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 22/00051/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 80
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202228 Nov
Appeal against enforcement notice reference 20/00087/INV
WithdrawnEnforcement Ground Appeal22/01585/ENFGA - 202210 Aug
Demolition of existing garage and shed and construction of proposed block of single storey garages including…
ApprovedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev22/01099/CPL - 202224 Mar
Proposed single storey outbuilding for garaging and log store incidental to the existing dwelling house
RefusedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev22/00436/CPL - 201212 Oct
Change of use from a holiday let to permanent residential use.
ApprovedFull Application12/0866 - 20081 Oct
Conversion of vacant annexe to existing cottage into a two-bedroom holiday flat (As augmented by information…
ApprovedFull Application08/0866
Source: Bromsgrove Redditch
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