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Eastcote Cottage Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JJ

PL/2023/01721/PPFLMinor Full DwellingsRefused
Full

Refused on 22 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Redevelopment of 3 No. outbuildings within the curtilage of Eastcote Cottage, to provide one new detached dwelling with associated access and landscaping. The total footprint of the three existing buildings proposed to be demolished is 140sqm, whilst the new dwelling has a footprint of 117.5sqm, so the overall footprint will be reduced from the existing buildings. The new dwelling is 1.5 storeys, with the majority of the building being a single storey at ground level.

Received
14 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickenhill
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Eastcote Cottage Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JJ. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 374 days, 45 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 24 applications across Bickenhill. We hold 2,282 applications in total for the B92 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
B92 0JJ
Application type
Minor Full Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2024
Consultation expiry
3 April 2024
Consultation start
6 March 2024
Consultation end
3 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2024
Last date for comments
3 April 2024
Target decision date
29 April 2024
Permission expires
22 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fourfoursixsix
Architect profile
FOURFOURSIXSIX LIMITED
Agent address
Printworks House 7 Bermondsey Street London SE1 2DD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2024/00049/REF
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

3353337
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 March 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12080939
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Solihull

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