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94 Silhill Hall Road Solihull B91 1JS

PL/2025/02205/MINFHOMinor Full HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 12 May 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Front boundary treatment including new brick pillars, metal gate and metal railing to front boundary.

Received
26 November 2025
Ward
Silhill
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 154 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 94 Silhill Hall Road Solihull B91 1JS. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks 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 91 applications across Silhill. We hold 1,400 applications in total for the B91 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed boundary wall, including pillars and gates of up to 2m in height, would be positioned in a highly prominent location within the street scene. Having regard to their height, appearance and location the proposal would introduce a discordant structure within the streetscene which would be detrimental to the character of the area which is predominated by spacious open frontages with shrubs, trees and low level walls or fences to the front boundaries. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims and objectives of the Council's adopted House Extensions Guidelines (2010) and would fail to comply with Policy P15 of the Solihull Local Plan (2013) and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and National Planning Practice Guidance (2014).
  2. The proposed gates are not set back a sufficient distance to enable a vehicle to pull clear of the highway whilst the gates are opened/closed, which could result in vehicles obstructing the free-

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B91 1JS
Application type
Minor Full Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation start
17 December 2025
Consultation end
14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 January 2026
Last date for comments
15 January 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14518574
Documents
11

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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