Unit 7,Cuckoo Wharf,435 Lichfield Road,B6 7SS Data via plota.co.uk

2026/02935/PA - Existing Lawful Use/Development REGISTERED: Under Assessment

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing use of the building for the provision of education (Use Class F1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Validated
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Sept 2026. The consultation period closed on 3 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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; Inside the Birmingham built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Birmingham
Application type
Existing Lawful Use/Development
Postcode
B6 7SS
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Nechells
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Indigo Architects

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
3 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026
Birmingham
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#265 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
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

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