Dacoll Ltd, Dacoll House,Kingsbury Road,Birmingham,B76 9DD Data via plota.co.uk

2026/01274/PA - Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013 Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use at ground floor from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 5 no. 1 bed flats (Use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Mar 2026
✓
Approved
4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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; National infrastructure project about 464 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application; Inside the Birmingham built-up area; Green belt about 44 m away: Birmingham; 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 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
Birmingham
Application type
Permitted Development Commercial from May 2013
Postcode
B76 9DD
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Sutton Walmley & Minworth
Case officer
Show
Decision
DEEMED CONSENT OBTAINED
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tailored Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, about the council's usual 88 days. Approved, as 54% of changes of use here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
54%approved
202decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Birmingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Birmingham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Mar 2026
Comments by
2 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
4 May 2026
Birmingham
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#265 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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