47 Primley Avenue,Birmingham,B36 8JQ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/01824/PA - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to children's home for up to two children aged 9 to 17 (Use Class C2) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Apr 2026
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Committee
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Birmingham Planning Committee on 13 Aug 2026.

Approved by 8 votes to 3

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Officers confirmed there were no updates to the report before the committee considered the application.
  • Members commented on the application and the area planning manager responded to their questions.
  • Members voted 8 in favour, 3 against and 3 abstentions to approve the application subject to conditions in the report.

Source: Plota analysis of Birmingham's committee minutes, Birmingham Planning Committee minutes, 13 August 2026 .

Site constraints 4

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 26 September 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £204,000 in September 2006. Terraced house, freehold.

22 September 2006£204,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Birmingham
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
B36 8JQ
Received
7 Apr 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Ward
Bromford & Hodge Hill
Case officer
Show
Decision
APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Anjum Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 128 days from validation, 40 days slower than Birmingham's median of 88 for changes of use. 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
27 May 2026
Comments by
19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Jun 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use