Old College House Oldwich Lane East Fen End Solihull CV8 1NR Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/00279/CLEUD - Cert. Lawful Dev Existing Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for the existing use of land as private garden land in association with the property known as Old College House, Oldwich Lane East, Fen End, Solihull. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Feb 2026
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Consultation
20 Feb 2026
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Approved
24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 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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Public footpath about 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Fen End 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 Mining Remediation Authority 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 £760,000 in May 2015. Detached house, freehold.

29 May 2015£760,000
4 October 2007£560,000

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

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Important details

Council
Solihull
Application type
Cert. Lawful Dev Existing
Postcode
CV8 1NR
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Meriden & Arden
Parish
Balsall Parish Council
Target decision
9 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
24 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
NMKPlanningServices

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14494143
Planning Portal ref
PP-14494143
Neighbours
25 Feb 2026
Consultation
20 Feb 2026
Comments by
20 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
25 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Apr 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.