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The Bear Grylls Adventure National Exhibition Centre Pendigo Way Solihull B40 1PA

PL/2025/01980/PPFLChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from exhibition halls (Class F1) to visitor attraction (Sui generis) with minor external alterations including entrance porch, signage and landscaping.

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickenhill
Agent
Kay Elliott Architects
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Bear Grylls Adventure National Exhibition Centre Pendigo Way Solihull B40 1PA. Solihull has handled 430 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bickenhill. We hold 10 applications in total for the B40 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).

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Application details

Postcode
B40 1PA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bickenhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Consultation expiry
9 December 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2025
Last date for comments
9 December 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kay Elliott Architects
Architect profile
KAY ELLIOTT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
5-7 Meadfoot Road Torquay TQ1 2JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14357873
Documents
18

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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