Bingo Hall,Park Way,Birmingham,B45 9WA Data via plota.co.uk

2025/03849/PA - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Change of use from a bingo hall (Sui Generis) to a self storage unit (Use Class B8) with the creation of internal mezzanine floors and internal and external alterations and the siting of external self storage containers Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 23:27

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Application progress

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Received

11 Jul 2025

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Validated

8 Sept 2025

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Approved

10 Dec 2025

Approved on 10 Dec 2025 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 46

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 'FINAL REPORT' Report Final Officer Report · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Decision Document STD Approval Cond Notice Decision Notice · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 14

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Forms PA Form Without Details · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Tree Comments Consultation Trees Consultation Response · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 4

Full10 Dec 20252025/03849/PAThis application
Change of use from a bingo hall (Sui Generis) to a self storage unit (Use Class B8) with the creation of internal mezzanine…
Conditions details submitted for 7 · variation sought for 6
- ConditionsApplication to determine the details for condition number 7 (Construction Environmental…1 Jun 20262026/02963/PA
- ConditionsApplication to determine the details for condition number (9 - Details of any external…23 Feb 20262026/00951/PA
- AmendmentApplication for a non-material amendment to condition 619 Dec 20252025/07163/PA

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Local nature reserve 256 m away: Balaams Wood

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Birmingham built-up area; Priority habitat 45 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Building

Floor area2,793 m² (30,064 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (asset rating 78)

UseD2 General Assembly and Leisure plus Night Clubs and Theatres

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Birmingham
Application type: Full Planning
Postcode: B45 9WA
Received: 11 Jul 2025
Validated: 8 Sept 2025
Ward: Frankley Great Park
Case officer: Show
Decision: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
Decision date: 10 Dec 2025
Applicant: Show
Agent: Lambert Smith Hampton

How this decision compares

Decided in 93 days from validation, 14 days faster than Birmingham's median of 107 for full applications. Approved, as 72% of full applications here are.

This one93d

Council107d

UK56d

11%decided within 8 weeks

72%approved

766decided 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: 17 Sept 2025
Comments by: 16 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry: 8 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Bingo Hall Park Way Birmingham B45 9WA

Application for a non-material amendment to condition 6 attached to planning approval 202…

2025/07163/PA 22 Dec 2025

2023 Approved

Bingo Hall Park Way Rubery Birmingham B45 9WA

Change of Use of Bingo Hall (Sui Generis) to Gymnasium (Use Class E)

2023/04958/PA 13 Sep 2023

2023 Approved

17 Westwood Drive Birmingham B45 9WF

Erection of 4.10 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.3 metres, eave…

2023/04382/PA 1 Aug 2023

2020 Approved

Buzz Bingo Park Way Rubery Birmingham B45 9WA

Change of use of bingo hall (Sui Generis) to gymnasium (Use Class E)

2020/10218/PA 18 Mar 2021

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.