Oakes Farm Balsall Street Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AQ
Refused on 16 March 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 existing barn accessed of Balsall Street to 2 No. dwellings.
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Meriden
- Agent
- Graham Burt Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Oakes Farm Balsall Street Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AQ. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Meriden. We hold 1,121 applications in total for the CV7 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 external height dimensions of the proposed converted building exceed those of the existing building by approximately 0.6m and it is therefore larger as a result. This goes beyond the scope of permitted development allowed under Class Q of Q.1(i) of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CV7 7AQ
- Application type
- Prior Notification Ag Bldg to Resi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Balsall Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Graham Burt Ltd
- Architect profile
- GRAHAM BURT LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 Cross In Hand Lane Lichfield WS13 8EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 24 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: SolihullPart of the site
- 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, listed buildings, 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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