Land East Of Knowle Road Barston Solihull B92 0JL Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/00576/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in principle for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment for up to five residential dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
21 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
5 May 2026
✗
Refused
13 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision With Objections · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1101 m away: M42 Junction 6 Improvement; Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Eastcote built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Solihull
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
B92 0JL
Received
17 Mar 2026
Validated
21 Apr 2026
Parish
Barston Parish Council
Target decision
26 May 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision With Objections
Agent
Claremont Planning Consultancy

How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 25 days slower than Solihull's median of 58 for demolitions. Refused, as 5% of demolitions here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
59decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Solihull in the last twelve months, from validation. Solihull decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
6 May 2026
Consultation
5 May 2026
Comments by
2 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
26 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Solihull
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#141 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Solihull ranks #148 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Solihull decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #44 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #116 of 296
65%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #148 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #160 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
53 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,118
Total decisions
71 refused in the year to March 2026