# 1 Westwood Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (C3 to C2 one-child home)

- **Decision:** allowed, 11 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: B Plenty (on recommendation of appeal planning officer E Clifford)
- **Authority:** Birmingham (West Midlands)
- **Appeal reference:** 6009133
- **Application reference:** 2025/04233/PA
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Conversion of two-bed terraced house to a children's home for one child
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** s38(6)
- **Development plan policies:** Birmingham Development Management DPD 2021 DM2, DM12, DM15, Birmingham Design Guide, Parking SPD 2021
- **Main issues:** living conditions, parking
- **Tags:** tier-2, childrens-home, framework-not-cited, appeal-planning-officer

## Summary
A one-child children's home in a Perry Barr terrace was allowed. Activity and parking demand would be akin to a family household (DL ¶8, ¶12). The case was decided on the local plan's care-home criteria, and the Framework is not cited.

## What made the difference
Its modest scale (one child) was locked in by condition (DL ¶17), and there was no site-specific safeguarding objection (contrast PINS-6009126).

## Policy findings
- **P3: pass.** activity comparable to a household; NDSS-compliant bedroom; parks nearby compensate for a small yard; on-street parking adequate (DL 5-15)

## Key facts
- Occupancy limited to one child by condition (DL 17)
- Decided by an inspector on an appeal planning officer's recommendation; Framework not cited

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6009133
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/e99736d3-26fc-48d3-aeda-6b64e93cf8af

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