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Following the engrossment of the related S106 Agreement, we are very pleased to have received formal planning permission from Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee for new padel courts at Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club.   This project will provide additional padel tennis courts, bringing the total number of padel courts at the Club to four. The Club’s proposal includes the installation of 3 floodlit covered padel tennis courts in place of 1 lawn tennis court and the repo

Birmingham City Council opened a  six-week public consultation  on its  Birmingham Local Plan – Focused Preferred Options Document (FPOD) , running from  Thursday 23 October to Thursday 4 December 2025 now extended until Friday 19 th December 2025 The FPOD sets out the emerging  Development Strategy for the city to 2044 , identifying  15 Growth Zones  as the main focus for new housing, employment, and regeneration. These are locations with strong regeneration potential, go

The Government’s  Planning and Infrastructure Bill  has now completed its passage through the House of Lords and is expected to receive  Royal Assent shortly . Once enacted, it will introduce some of the most far-reaching reforms to the English planning system in over a decade, with direct implications for developers, landowners and local authorities. A more interventionist approach to housing delivery A central aim of the Bill is to accelerate the delivery of new homes. It g

Walsall Council is now consulting on the Walsall Local Plan (Regulation 18 – Regulation 18 Issues and Preferred Options).   The consultation marks the initial stage in the preparation of Walsall's new Local Plan setting out options for accommodating growth and development including the overall strategy for how much, where, and what type of development will take place in Walsall up to 2042 (the plan period), as well as setting out draft planning policies and site allocations t

Solihull Council is revising its Local Development Scheme (LDS) to realign the Local Plan timetable with the emerging  West Midlands Spatial Development Strategy (SDS) . The SDS will set out housing and employment growth across the region, and as such Solihull is avoiding moving ahead too early and risking failure on the duty-to-cooperate.  Under the updated LDS timetable, the Plan will go through Issues & Options in early 2026, with two further rounds of mandatory consultati

Tyler-Parkes is pleased to announce that Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has  granted Permission in Principle  for the development of  up to two self and custom-build dwellings  at  1817 Warwick Road, Knowle . The decision confirms that the proposed site is acceptable in principle for residential development, recognising the site’s potential to contribute to local housing needs and to support the growing demand for self and custom-build opportunities within the borough.

The Housing Secretary is expected to announce a major change to the planning system.  Under the reported plans, any proposal for  150 homes or more  that a council intends to refuse would instead have to be referred to central Government for determination. This marks one of the most significant recent shifts in planning policy and reflects growing concern in Whitehall over slow housing delivery, stalled local plans and chronic under-supply across much of the country. Central

Wootton Wawen Tyler-Parkes is delighted to have secured Permission in Principle for the development of a single dwelling on an infill plot in Wootton Wawen, within Stratford District.    The application site is located within the Wootton Wawen infill boundary, where residential development can be supported.  Stratford District Council only has a 2.74-year housing land supply, falling considerably short of the required five years.   Consequently, the tilted balance is triggere

Tyler-Parkes is delighted to announce that planning consent has been granted for the development of a new solar field at the Farncombe Estate in Broadway. This permission is the culmination of over two years of collaboration with Farncombe Estate, ARB Architects, and the wider technical team. Together we carefully addressed a wide range of planning considerations, including landscape and visual impact, glint and glare, archaeology, ecology, and highways. Working constructivel

Solihull Council has made what one senior councillor called a “decision of national significance” by reclassifying Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Heath (KDBH) as a single town — a move designed to strengthen Green Belt protection around the settlements. The change means that, in planning terms, the Green Belt will now serve to prevent the  new town  from merging with other settlements, rather than separating the three villages from each other. Balsall Common has also been given

Birmingham City Council  has opened a  six-week public consultation  on its  Birmingham Local Plan – Focused Preferred Options Document (FPOD) , running from  Thursday 23 October to Thursday 4 December 2025 . The FPOD sets out the emerging  Development Strategy for the city to 2044 , identifying  15 Growth Zones  as the main focus for new housing, employment, and regeneration. These are locations with strong regeneration potential, good public transport connections, and acces

Policy review signals more flexibility ahead The Government is reportedly considering measures to make affordable housing requirements more flexible, amid growing concern that current targets are stalling development across the country. In London, Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed that “nothing is off the table” as the Greater London Authority reviews the city’s long-standing 35 per cent affordable housing threshold. Developers argue that the existing target renders many schemes