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237 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9BW

PL/2021/03306/PPFLMinor Full OtherApproved
Full

Approved on 13 April 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Increase of retail area of post office and extension to first floor flat.

Received
29 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorridge And Hockley Heath
Agent
RCI Design Ltd
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 237 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9BW. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Dorridge And Hockley Heath. We hold 2,052 applications in total for the B93 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B93 9BW
Application type
Minor Full Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2022
Consultation expiry
14 April 2022
Consultation start
7 March 2022
Consultation end
4 April 2022
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2022
Neighbour consultation end
29 March 2022
Last date for comments
13 April 2022
Target decision date
14 April 2022
Permission expires
13 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RCI Design Ltd
Architect profile
RCI DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
156 Hawkes Mill Lane Allesley Coventry CV5 9FN England

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 March 2022
Site notice end
14 April 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10505591
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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