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271 Chester Road Solihull B36 0ET

PL/2025/01913/PNCEC3Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior notification for change of use on first and second floors from office use to 1 residential flat on first floor and 1 residential flat on second floor to provide comfortable, high standard and functional space for new residents.

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Bromwich
Agent
Architecture & Interior Design Ltd
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 271 Chester Road Solihull B36 0ET. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Castle Bromwich. We hold 374 applications in total for the B36 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
B36 0ET
Application type
Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle Bromwich Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
28 November 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Consultation end
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2025
Last date for comments
28 November 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture & Interior Design Ltd
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN LTD
Agent address
51 Coleshill Road Hodge Hill Birmingham B36 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 November 2025
Site notice end
28 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14390294
Documents
13

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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