5 Church Road,Northfield,Birmingham,B31 2JZ Data via plota.co.uk

REGISTERED 2026/00553/PA - Listed Building
Date received
3 Feb 2026
Date validated
7 Oct 2026
Postcode
B31 2JZ
Type
Listed Building
Leaseholder

Description

Listed building consent for the installation of internal fibre ethernet cable Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 11 Jan 2027 and 20 Jan 2027, from Birmingham's recent listed building works.

Day 2 of the 56-day target. Birmingham usually decides listed building works by day 103.

Day 2101 days to the predicted decision (day 103)
11%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
44decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Birmingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Birmingham decision record →

Site constraints 5

Article 4 direction
City Wide Hmo. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Birmingham AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Birmingham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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 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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Birmingham
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#265 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Birmingham is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #245 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Birmingham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #244 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #240 of 296
48%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #245 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #205 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
98 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
33 decided (10+ homes)
56%
Change of use approved
261 decided
3,472
Total decisions
619 refused in the year to March 2026

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.