Priorsgate 100 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL
Refused on 28 March 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 7.7m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 4m, and measuring 3m at the eaves.
- Received
- 28 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Blythe
- Agent
- Lapworth Architects
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated28 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided28 Mar
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at Priorsgate 100 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the B90 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
- B90 1QL
- Application type
- Prior Notification Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dickens Heath Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 March 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lapworth Architects
- Architect profile
- LAPWORTH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 4 Edward Street Birmingham B1 2RX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13607934
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Oct
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 8m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum…
PendingApplicationPL/2026/01942/PNH - 20264 Sep
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 8m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum…
RefusedApplicationPL/2026/01640/PNH - 202611 Aug
Certificate of lawful development for proposed change of pitched roof to flat roof over lounge. Existing…
ApprovedApplicationPL/2026/01491/CLOPUD - 202621 Apr
Certificate of lawful development for proposed relocation of driveway access to unadopted road and erection…
WithdrawnApplicationPL/2026/00766/CLOPUD - 202327 Apr
Fell trees 1-16 (T1-T16
RefusedTree Preservation OrderPL/2023/00909/TPO
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