Chestnuts Farm Eastcote Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AS

PL/2026/00902/PNAGPrior Notification Ag Bldg (Erection)Refused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Prior notification for the erection of a portal framed agricultural straw/bedding store & seasonal livestock building with access hardstanding.

Received: 8 May 2026
Council: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Knowle

ReceivedReceived8 May
ValidatedValidated8 May
Consult.Consultation11 Jun
TargetTarget Date5 Jun
DecidedDecided5 Jun

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Chestnuts Farm Eastcote Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AS. Solihull has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across Knowle. We hold 2,282 applications in total for the B92 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

/s: 1/ The proposed portal framed agricultural straw/bedding store & seasonal livestock building would be erected within 400 metres of the curtilage of protected buildings being for example, the residential properties along Eastcote Lane to the west of the application site and being used for livestock accommodation, would not comply with the provisions made in The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6- A1 (i)- accommodation of livestock as it has not been demonstrated in the application submission documents compliance with Schedule 2, Part 6- A2 1(a) - conditions and the circumstances laid out in Schedule 2, Part 6- D1(3) of this Order (a) that no other suitable building or structure, 400 metres or more from the curtilage of a protected building, is available to accommodate the livestock; and (b) (i) that the need to accommodate the livestock arises from quarantine requirements, or an emergency due to another building or structure in which the livestock could otherwise be accommodated being unavailable because it has been damaged or destroyed by fire, flood or storm; or (ii) in the case of animals normally kept out of doors, they require temporary

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: B92 0AS
Application type: Prior Notification Ag Bldg (Erection)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 11 June 2026
Consultation start: 14 May 2026
Consultation end: 11 June 2026
Last date for comments: 11 June 2026
Target decision date: 5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 18 May 2026
Site notice end: 10 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14918747
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Solihull

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