Development Site Waterloo Avenue Fordbridge Solihull
Approved on 18 September 2026
21 conditions
Proposal
Construction of a new single storey drive-thru cafe (Starbucks) and three storey industrial unit (Self-store) with alterations to the hard and soft landscaping and formation of a new vehicular access into site.
- Received
- 19 March 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 3 November 2026
- Ward
- Chelmsley Wood
- Agent
- Dovetail Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Development Site Waterloo Avenue Fordbridge Solihull. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 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 16 applications across Chelmsley Wood.
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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Application details
- Application type
- Minor Full Other
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fordbridge Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dovetail Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- DOVETAIL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unex Tower Station Street Stratford London E15 1DA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14790278
- Documents
- 51
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Solihull
- 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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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.
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Associated applications
- 20262 Nov
Discharge condition No. 9 (Green Travel Plan) following planning approval PL/2026/00545/PPFL
PendingDischarge of conditionsPL/2026/01984/DIS - 202619 Mar
Construction of a new single storey drive-thru cafe (Starbucks) and three storey industrial unit (Self-store)…
This applicationApprovedFullPL/2026/00545/PPFL
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