132 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LH
Refused on 24 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from office to 10 residential apartments under provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
- Received
- 8 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Shirley South
- Agent
- RCA Regeneration Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided24 Apr
Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 132 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LH. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Shirley South. We hold 1,400 applications in total for the B91 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed development fails to comply with the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. The application site is subject to a condition attached to a previous planning permission which restricts the use of the property solely to office use only. This condition has not been removed or varied and remains extant. In accordance with Article 3(4) of the GPDO, permitted development rights do not apply where a condition on a planning permission expressly restricts the use of the land. The existing condition is considered to be incompatible with the exercise of Class MA permitted development rights for a change of use from offices (Class E) to residential (Class C3). As such, the proposal does not constitute permitted development and cannot be considered under the prior approval process. Planning permission is therefore required.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- B91 3LH
- Application type
- Prior Notification COU - (E to C3)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 10
- Parish
- Non-Civil Parish Or Community
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RCA Regeneration Ltd
- Architect profile
- RCA REGENERATION LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unit 6 De Salis Court Hampton Lovett Industrial Estate Droitwich Spa WR9 0QE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14548330
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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