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240 Longmore Road Shirley Solihull B90 3ES

PL/2026/00924/MINFHOMinor Full HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 6 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey side and rear extension, single storey front extension and loft conversion.

Received
13 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shirley South
Agent
Highbury Design
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 240 Longmore Road Shirley Solihull B90 3ES. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Shirley South. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the B90 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its bulk, scale, design and siting up to the side boundary with 238 Longmore Road, would fail to appear as a subservient addition and would not respect the character of the original dwelling resulting in a discordant structure that detracts from the visual amenity of the application property and unbalance the symmetry between the pair of semi-detached houses. The proposal would also create an unacceptable terracing effect, and erode the character and appearance of the street scene and wider area. As such, the development would detract from the visual amenity of the host dwelling and would not respect the established character and appearance of the surrounding area. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to Policy P15 of the Solihull Local Plan, House Extension Guidelines SPD 2010 and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B90 3ES
Application type
Minor Full Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Consultation expiry
30 June 2026
Consultation start
2 June 2026
Consultation end
30 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 June 2026
Last date for comments
30 June 2026
Target decision date
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Highbury Design
Agent address
94 Alcester Road Studley B80 7NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14826603
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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