Planning appeal decision
Land at Dartmouth Middleway, Birmingham, B7 4AT
Planning appeal 3353084 at Land at Dartmouth Middleway, Birmingham, B7 4AT (Birmingham City Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2025 by Inspector Harding C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal upon amenity.
display of no.1 internally illuminated hoarding
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harding C
- Postcode
- B7 4AT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal upon amenity
What decided it
The proposed advertisement would have an unacceptably harmful effect upon public amenity through its size, prominence, illuminated digital nature, and contribution to visual clutter in an already cluttered advertising environment.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan 2017Policy DM2 of the Development Management in Birmingham Development Plan DocumentPolicy DM7 of the Development Management in Birmingham Development Plan Document
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Birmingham City Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Dismissed29 October 20266011902Wagamama, 51 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, B5 4QL
- Dismissed19 August 202660089602 Leslie Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3NU
- Dismissed28 May 20266006967123 Digbeth Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B12 0JU
- Allowed26 May 20266004581Footpath Outside, 100 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4HQ
- Allowed26 May 20266004579Footpath Outside, 100 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4HQ
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®