Oakfield House 478 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HE

PL/2023/01744/PNCEC3Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 October 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior notification for a change of use under class MA converting existing office building into 6 new residential apartments and retention of existing caretaker flat.

Received: 15 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Dorridge And Hockley Heath

ReceivedReceived15 Aug
ValidatedValidated15 Aug
Consult.Consultation20 Sep
TargetTarget Date10 Oct
DecidedDecided9 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Oakfield House 478 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HE. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications 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.

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

Postcode: B93 8HE
Application type: Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 20 September 2023
Consultation start: 23 August 2023
Consultation end: 20 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 23 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 15 September 2023
Last date for comments: 20 September 2023
Target decision date: 10 October 2023
Permission expires: 9 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Williams Gallagher
Agent address: Somerset House 37 Temple Street Birmingham B2 5DP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12346297
Documents: 14

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.

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Source: Solihull

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