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194 Chester Road Solihull B36 0JE

PL/2024/02701/PPFLChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from single dwelling C3 to children's home C2 Use Class for up to 3 children.

Received
7 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Bromwich
Agent
DesignFormula Studio Ltd
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 194 Chester Road Solihull B36 0JE. Solihull has handled 430 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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 67 applications across Castle Bromwich. We hold 374 applications in total for the B36 postcode area.

79% of amendment applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
B36 0JE
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle Bromwich Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation start
13 November 2024
Consultation end
11 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 December 2024
Last date for comments
16 December 2024
Target decision date
2 January 2025
Permission expires
9 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
DesignFormula Studio Ltd
Architect profile
DESIGNFORMULA STUDIO LTD
Agent address
254 Lower Hillmorton Road Rugby CV21 4AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 November 2024
Site notice end
16 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13545331
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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