Focus Park Ashbourne Way Shirley Solihull B90 4QU
Approved on 30 October 2026
4 conditions
Proposal
Change of use of Unit 1a from tool and equipment hire services and DIY sales (sui generis) to storage, sale and distribution of building materials, timber, joinery and sheet metal, decorating, plumbing, together with external alternations to building and site layout including reconfigured car parking, new trolley park and associated works.
- Received
- 9 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 2 November 2026
- Ward
- Shirley South
- ReceivedReceived9 Sep
- ValidatedValidated9 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date30 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 51 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Focus Park Ashbourne Way Shirley Solihull B90 4QU. Solihull has handled 8,362 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- B90 4QU
- Parish
- Non-Civil Parish Or Community
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 14 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 October 2026
Applicant and agent
Wickes Building Supplies Limited
Company number 01840419
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 Aug 1984 (42 years old)
- Nature of business
- Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
- Registered office
- Watford
4 other planning applications by this company in East Hertfordshire, Birmingham and North Tyneside.
- 26/00916/PRIOTH · North Tyneside · Wickes Middle Engine Lane Wallsend Tyne And Wear NE28 9NT
- 2026/03109/PA · Birmingham · Wickes Tameside Business Park Aldridge Road Birmingham Perry Barr B42 2ET
- X/26/0145/CND · East Hertfordshire · Unit 1 Madford Retail Park Ware Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 7RQ
- X/26/0099/CND · East Hertfordshire · Unit 1 Madford Retail Park Ware Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 7RQ
Company information from Companies House.
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Solihull
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