Land At Heron Bank Farm Spencers Lane Berkswell Solihull
Approved on 20 July 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from 7 No. agricultural buildings to 2 No. smaller dwellings and 3 No. larger dwellings.
- Received
- 14 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Meriden
- ReceivedReceived14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jul
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Land At Heron Bank Farm Spencers Lane Berkswell Solihull. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 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 17 applications across Meriden.
75% of outline 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
- Application type
- Prior Notification Ag Bldg to Resi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Berkswell Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 2 July 2023
- Consultation start
- 22 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 7 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 20 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tyrer Building Contractors
- Agent address
- Fairgate House 205 Kings Road Birmingham B11 2AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12072051
- Documents
- 32
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Solihull
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Jul
Discharge condition Nos. 3 (Parts 4-6) (Contaminated Land) and 5 (Cycle Storage) following planning approval…
PendingDischarge of conditionsPL/2026/01422/DIS - 202628 Jul
Discharge condition Nos. 4 (Landscaping) and 12 (Parts 5-7)(Contaminated Land) following planning approval…
PendingDischarge of conditionsPL/2026/01410/DIS - 202511 Feb
Discharge conditions Nos. 2 (Materials), 3 (Part 1 only) Contaminated Land) and 4 (Demolition and…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/2025/00271/DIS
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