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Out Building Oakes Farm Balsall Street Balsall Common Solihull

PL/2026/00626/PNCUDWPrior Notification Ag Bldg to ResiApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Prior notification for change of use from agricultural building into 2 No. dwellings.

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meriden & Arden
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Out Building Oakes Farm Balsall Street Balsall Common Solihull. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker 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 163 applications across Meriden & Arden.

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

Application type
Prior Notification Ag Bldg to Resi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Balsall Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 April 2026
Last date for comments
6 May 2026
Target decision date
27 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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
10 April 2026
Site notice end
5 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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