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PL/2026/01339/CLOPUD - Cert. Lawful Dev Proposed Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed placing the existing metal gate pillars with masonry 600 x 600. Adding a pedestrian gate and an additional pillar to the right of the existing gate as you face the gate from the road. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:40

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Application progress

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Received

20 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

19 Aug 2026

✗

Refused

11 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE CLOPUD REFUSAL Decision · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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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Agricultural land, grade 1

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £665,000 in April 2021. Detached house, freehold.

23 April 2021£665,000

19 December 2013£548,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area161 m² (1,733 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (61 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached bungalow, 5 habitable rooms

Built1976 to 1982

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, partial insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Solihull
Application type: Cert. Lawful Dev Proposed
Postcode: CV7 7BQ
Received: 20 Jul 2026
Validated: 19 Aug 2026
Ward: Balsall & Berkswell
Parish: Balsall Parish Council
Target decision: 14 Oct 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 11 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 25 days faster than Solihull's median of 48 for extensions. Refused, as 14% of extensions here are.

This one23d

Council48d

UK55d

71%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

645decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15096334
Planning Portal ref: PP-15096334
Statutory expiry: 14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Trevallion Stud Wootton Green Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7BQ

Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental I…

PL/2025/00441/EIASCR 25 Mar 2025

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.