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Land At Station Road Balsall Common

PL/2023/01520/PPOLMajor Outline DwellingsAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access for the erection of up to 970 residential dwellings including affordable housing (use Class C3), the construction of the length of the Balsall Common Relief Road between Station Road and Waste Lane, including new vehicular access points off Station Road and Waste Lane, extension to the station car park, a neighbourhood and local centre including a care home and care or retirement accommodation (use Class C2), a community building (use Classes E(a)(b)(c)(d)(e), F1(d)(e), F2(a)(b) and C3), a primary school and pre-school (use classes E(f) and F1(a)), public open space and associated infrastructure.

Received
11 July 2023
Decision due
26 October 2023
Ward
Meriden & Arden
Agent
Richard Brown Planning Limited
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 4 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (386)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Land At Station Road Balsall Common. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 July 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Meriden & Arden.

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
Major Outline Dwellings
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
970
Parish
Berkswell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2023
Consultation expiry
4 February 2025
Consultation start
14 January 2025
Consultation end
4 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2024
Last date for comments
4 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Richard Brown Planning Limited
Agent address
18 Redwood Slough SL1 8JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2024
Site notice start
22 November 2024
Site notice end
16 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12294770
Documents
386

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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