4 Ten Ashes Lane Cofton Hackett Worcestershire B45 8PE
Refused on 12 February 2026
Council decision: C of L of Proposed Use - RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from residential dwellinghouse (Class C3) to small HMO (Class C4) for up to six unrelated occupants
- Received
- 29 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Ward
- Cofton Ward
- Agent
- Planning-By-Design
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Jan
- TargetTarget Date8 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 4 Ten Ashes Lane Cofton Hackett Worcestershire B45 8PE. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 1,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Cofton Ward. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the B45 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
- B45 8PE
- Application type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cofton Hackett Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 13 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planning-By-Design
- Architect profile
- PLANNING BY DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- 167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14573846
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: BromsgroveNext to the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Bromsgrove Redditch
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