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Planning appeals in Birmingham City Council

Name: Planning appeal decisions in Birmingham City Council
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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Birmingham City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 1,541 planning appeals in Birmingham City Council since 2016, of which 29% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 167 decisions, 28% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 21 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

1,568

appeals on record since 2016

29%

of decided appeals allowed

21 wks

median receipt to decision

167

decisions in the last 12 months, 28% allowed

By appeal type

Householder380 decided

31% allowed

Minor731 decided

29% allowed

Major33 decided

42% allowed

Commercial153 decided

33% allowed

Enforcement146 decided

10% allowed

Other100 decided

26% allowed

Not classified25 decided

40% allowed

By procedure

Written representations1,537 decided

28% allowed

Hearings21 decided

52% allowed

Inquiries10 decided

30% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 133 · 30% allowed 2025 · 167 · 33% allowed 2024 · 156 · 25% allowed 2023 · 144 · 34% allowed 2022 · 154 · 30% allowed 2021 · 156 · 33% allowed 2020 · 149 · 35% allowed 2019 · 204 · 20% allowed 2018 · 113 · 27% allowed 2017 · 126 · 21% allowed 2016 · 66 · 31% allowed

Latest decisions in Birmingham City Council

Dismissed27 October 2026· householder6013662
22 Wash Lane, Birmingham, B25 8SB
single storey bedroom extension to rear
Dismissed22 October 2026· householder6015503
60 Mildenhall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PQ
a retrospective householder planning application for the construction of a single-storey rear conservatory attached to the existing dwelling
Dismissed22 October 2026· householder6015146
9Brittan Close, Birmingham, B34 7NB
erection of a single storey front porch extension
Allowed21 October 20266012934
157, Somerford Road, Birmingham, B29 5LB
the installation of a commercial kitchen extraction and ventilation system to facilitate restaurant use
Dismissed20 October 20266011877
248 Wheelwright Rd, Erdington, Birmingam, B24 8EH
Change of use from hair salon to hot food takeaway and installation of extractor flue
Dismissed8 October 2026· minor6007769
65-67 Yardley Road, Birmingham, B27 6LL
conversion of rear part of the shop into flat
Allowed6 October 2026· minor6009853
42 Alton Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7DU
the change of use from a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) falling within Class C4 of the Town and Planning Use Classes Order 1987 (as Amended) to a sui generis HMO for 7 people
Allowed6 October 2026· minor6006428
39 Gladstone Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1LP
change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to 7-bed HMO (Sui-Generis)
Dismissed21 September 2026· householder6013309
50 Melrose Avenue, Sutton Vesey, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6NS
Erection of two storey side extensions, single storey side and rear extensions, raising the main roof ridge by 500mm to allow for new roof and loft conversion with dormer windows to rear and roof canopy to front.
Allowed17 September 2026· major6009473
Unit 9a, Bikdale Avenue, Birmingham, B29 6UB
Change of use to 15 residential apartments (Use Class C3) and associated internal works
Dismissed11 September 2026· minor6011088
12 Sladefield Road, Ward End, Birmingham, B83NX
Change of use of an existing dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a small House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4)
Allowed11 September 20266009133
1 Westwood Road, Birmingham, B6 7DX
Conversion of house (C3) into children's home (C2)
Allowed9 September 20266009069
257 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9NA
Installation of a modular self-service launderette facility and associated works
Dismissed9 September 2026· minor6008724
538-540 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4AL
Alterations and extensions, including front and side canopies and single storey rear extension
Notice upheld8 September 20263371221
37 Church Street, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1QN

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.