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56 Hemlingford Road Kingshurst Solihull B37 6DH

PL/2026/00463/PPFLRefused

Refused on 20 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing house to 5 No. HMO rooms and 1 No. studio flat.

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Not Applicable
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 136 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 56 Hemlingford Road Kingshurst Solihull B37 6DH. Solihull has handled 8,362 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Not Applicable. We hold 96 applications in total for the B37 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The as built internal ground and first floor areas of the studio flat would according to the measured submitted plan number 2024-147-004 be approximately only 26.5 square metres in total and on this basis would have inadequate and substandard habitable internal floor areas well below the minimum square metre area standard laid out by Central Government in the 'Technical housing standards-nationally described space standard' which for a 1 bed , 2 storey accommodation should be at least 58 square metres for a single apartment including storage space. On this basis the proposal would not provide adequate habitable living and amenity space for existing or future occupiers and would not accord with policy P14 of the Solihull Local Plan, the NPPF and Government guidance.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B37 6DH
Parish
Kingshurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN LTD

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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