8 Althorpe Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8SG
Refused on 17 July 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension of rear garden and its wall.
- Received
- 16 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Dorridge And Hockley Heath
- Agent
- Harper Architects
- ReceivedReceived16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 May
- TargetTarget Date6 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 8 Althorpe Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8SG. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8SG
- Application type
- Minor Full Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Non-Civil Parish Or Community
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 3 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 5 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 3 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 March 2023
- Last date for comments
- 3 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 April 2023
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Harper Architects
- Architect profile
- HARPER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 56 Haslucks Croft Shirley Solihull West Midlands B90 2EQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- AP/2023/00023/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11848480
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Solihull
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