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2026/02133/PA - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Installation of 1no. BT street hub unit Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Apr 2026
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Approved
5 Aug 2026

Approved on 5 Aug 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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 4; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Birmingham built-up area; Green belt 79 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Birmingham
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
B21 8PD
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
21 Apr 2026
Ward
Handsworth Wood
Case officer
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Decision
APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
Decision date
5 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Telent

How this decision compares

Decided in 106 days from validation, about the council's usual 105 days. Approved, as 70% of full applications here are.

11%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
378decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Birmingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Birmingham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jun 2026
Comments by
5 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jun 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