Agricultural Building Back Lane Farm Back Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LD
Refused on 8 September 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused3 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling.
- Received
- 26 June 2026
- Ward
- Balsall & Berkswell
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Agricultural Building Back Lane Farm Back Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LD. Solihull has handled 8,363 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Balsall & Berkswell. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the CV7 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the proposed curtilage area is not larger than the footprint of the building subject to this Class Q and therefore does not satisfy the requirements as set out in Q3.(1)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses) of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as amended.
- The proposed development would include the provision of a new basement which would exceed the limitations set out under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q paragraph Q1 (i)(i), (i)(ii), (j) and (j)(i)(aa) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended and is not development permitted by it.
- The proposed development would exceed the limit of 150 square metres of floor space to be created and therefore would exceed the limitations set out under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q paragraph Q1 (c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended and is not development permitted by it.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CV7 7LD
- Parish
- Berkswell Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Solihull
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