Diddington Hall Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7HQ

PL/2025/00377/PPFLMinor Full OtherApproved

Full

Approved on 25 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

External works to Diddington Hall to allow for its continued use as an SEN school, namely, a new external window; insertion of two louvre vents; a Multi-Use Gaming Area (MUGA) and new boundary fencing.

Received: 27 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Bickenhill

ReceivedReceived27 Feb
ValidatedValidated27 Feb
Consult.Consultation12 Aug
TargetTarget Date24 Apr
DecidedDecided25 Sep

Decided in 210 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Diddington Hall Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7HQ. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bickenhill. We hold 1,121 applications in total for the CV7 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: CV7 7HQ
Application type: Minor Full Other
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hampton In Arden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 August 2025
Consultation start: 5 August 2025
Consultation end: 12 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 10 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 1 April 2025
Last date for comments: 12 August 2025
Target decision date: 24 April 2025
Permission expires: 25 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13764064
Documents: 54

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II*: Diddington FarmhouseOn or next to this site
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 (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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Associated applications

2025
16 Oct
Discharge condition No. 3 (details of the proposed new fencing) following planning approval PL/2025/00377/PPFL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/2025/01941/DIS
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16 Oct
Discharge condition No. 4 (details of soft landscaping) following planning approval PL/2025/00377/PPFL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/2025/01942/DIS
2025
27 Feb
External works to Diddington Hall to allow for its continued use as an SEN school, namely, a new external…
This applicationApprovedFullPL/2025/00377/PPFL
2025
27 Feb
Listed building consent for various internal alterations to Diddington Hall to allow for its continued use as…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePL/2025/00378/LBC

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14 other applications at this property, newest first.

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