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42 Lighthorne Road Solihull B91 2BD

PL/2026/00327/CLOPUDCert. Lawful Dev ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 April 2026

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed change of use from existing dwellinghouse (C3) to children's care home (C2).

Received
18 February 2026
Ward
Silhill
Agent
PWA Planning
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 42 Lighthorne Road Solihull B91 2BD. Solihull has handled 567 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 91 applications across Silhill. 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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Application details

Postcode
B91 2BD
Application type
Cert. Lawful Dev Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
PWA Planning
Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14580189
Documents
3

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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