ASHALL TOWN PLANNING,
STRATFORD HOUSE,
5 CORTLAND AVENUE, ECCLESTON, CHORLEY, PR7 5FP
Tel: 07940 372868
Info@charteredtownplanner.co.uk
ESTABLISHED 1993
Planning Consultants Now In Our 25th Year Planning Consultant with 35 Years Experience 
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ASHALL TOWN PLANNING

CHARTERED TOWN PLANNING CONSULTANT

Andrew Louis Surveyors

Royal Town Planning Institute Membership No: 31305 - Full Chartered Member of the RTPI since 1989

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Raymond Ashall BA Hons Dip EP MRTPI

Chartered Town Planner

Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Planning Consultants for the Harborne area


Do you need planning permission?


We provide a comprehensive range of planning services for the Harborne area.


Ashall Town Planning have a wealth of planning knowledge and experience providing a bespoke and professional planning service in the Harborne area to assist householders and developers to successfully obtain Planning Permission.


If you are seeking professional independent Planning or Property Development Advice, require Planning Drawings or advice on a Planning Permission Application for a property in Harborne, as Chartered Town Planning Consultants we are the ideal people to guide you through the planning process and to help you obtain the planning permission you need.


Having been established for over 30 years we have a vast experience of dealing with Planning Officers from Birmingham Council, acting as your agent you will benefit from our many years of experience giving your application the greatest chance of success.


We offer the following services:


Architectural Planning Drawings

Architectural Plans

Architectural Drawings

Access to Chartered Architect services

Planning Appeals

Permitted Development Applications / Appeals (Lawful Certificate)

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for House Extensions & Loft Conversions

Retrospective Planning Applications / Appeals

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for Change of Use Class

Planning for Commercial Properties

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for Converting a House to Flats

House in Multiple Occupation Applications / Appeals

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for New Build Developments

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for Childrens Day Nurseries

Planning Permission Applications /Appeals for Pubs & Restaurants

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for Motor Trade & Car Washes

Planning Permission Applications / Appeals for Takeaways

Listed Building Consent Applications / Appeals

Conservation Area Applications / Appeals


Ashall Town Planning Consultants cover all areas in Birmingham, including Edgbaston, Erdington, Hall Green, Harborne, Hodge Hill, Ladywood, Northfield, Perry Barr, Selly Oak, Sutton Coldfield, and Yardley.



Birmingham City Council - Planning Department Contact details:






Harborne
Harborne

Chartered Town Planning Consultants Ashall Town Planning can provide you with the best possible advice when submitting a planning application in the Harborne area.

Adopted Birmingham Development Plan


The Birmingham Development Plan (BDP) 2031 was adopted by Birmingham City Council on 10 January 2017. The BDP sets out a spatial vision and strategy for the sustainable growth of Birmingham for the period 2011 to 2031, and will be used to guide decisions on planning, development and regeneration.


Adoption of the BDP results in changes to the statutory development plan. This includes replacing the policies in the Birmingham Unitary Development Plan 2005, with the exception of policies contained in chapter 8 and paragraphs 3.14 to 3.14D of that plan, which will continue in force until the adoption of the council’s proposed development management development plan document.


Harborne Planning Policy Document


Houses in Multiple Occupation in the Article 4 Direction Area of Selly Oak, Edgbaston and Harborne wards.


Purpose


This Planning Policy Document is to provide a policy approach to apply to planning applications seeking

a change in use from residential property to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the Article 4

Direction area.


A decision to introduce an Article 4 Direction in this area has resulted from an analysis of city wide

concentrations of HMOs revealing the particularly high levels found in Bournbrook and the spread to

surrounding areas of Selly Oak, Harborne and Edgbaston wards.


The Planning Policy Document will be a material planning consideration until the policy is included in

the forthcoming Development Management Development Plan Document.


Aim of the policy


The policy aims to manage the growth of HMOs by dispersing the locations of future HMOs and

avoiding over-concentrations occurring, thus being able to maintain balanced communities. The

neighbourhoods included in the confirmed Article 4 area have capacity to accommodate further HMOs

in the right locations. Existing high concentrations in parts of Selly Oak ward have led to a significant

loss of amenity for residents.


Scope


Conversion from a C3 to a C4 use1 is a permitted development right and owners of property would

normally have no need to inform the local authority that a family dwelling is changing to a small (C4)

HMO.


However in November 2014, an Article 4 Direction will be brought into effect that will remove

these permitted development rights for change of use to C4 HMOs, within a designated area of Selly

Oak, Edgbaston and Harborne wards.


Within the area covered by the Article 4, planning permission will be required to convert a family

dwelling into a C4 HMO. Planning permission is already required for a change from a dwelling to a

larger (Sui Generis) HMO. In this way the planning authority can make a judgement as to whether any

further HMOs should be permitted and the basis for their decision will be the city’s planning guidance

as to whether such a use would harm local amenity, the proper planning of the area, and/or lead to

creating an unbalanced neighbourhood. This guidance is further strengthened by the adoption of this

Policy.


The policy will not apply to purpose-built student accommodation and will not be applied

retrospectively to existing C4 HMOs.