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Birmingham Focused Preferred Options

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We are working on a new Local Plan for Birmingham which will:

  • decide how the city will develop
  • provide policies to guide decisions on development proposals and planning applications up to 2044

We carried out a preferred options consultation in summer 2024, however, due to publication of a new National Planning Policy Framework in December 2024, we need to make revisions to the Birmingham Local Plan.

An additional Focused Preferred Options consultation is now being carried out because the required changes are thought to be too significant to introduce at the Regulation 19 (publication) stage of plan making.

About the focused preferred options document

This is a consultation document prepared under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

It updates the council’s preferred options document in terms of:

  • development strategy
  • draft policies
  • site allocations

It takes into account evidence gathered to date, and the views gained from the consultation carried out in summer 2024.

The discussion paper gives interested parties an opportunity to:

  • comment on the significant changes to the Birmingham Local Plan since the Preferred Options Consultation
  • further shape the publication plan.

Consultation dates

The consultation on the focused preferred options document will run from 23 October to 4 December 2025.

View the consultation and make comments

Consultation events

We will be running consultation events at locations across the across the city, and online.

In-person events

In-person events - November 2025
Date

Time

Location

Friday 7 November

10:00am to 4:00pm

Handsworth library

Saturday 8 November 11:00am to 4:30pm Library of Birmingham

Tuesday 11 November

2:00pm to 7:00pm Mere Green library/Community Hub
Friday 14 November 10:00am to 4:00pm Sainsbury's, Longbridge
Monday 17 November 10:00am to 3:30pm Nechells POD

Online events

Online events - October and November 2025
Date

Time

Join us

General session

Friday 24 October

10:00am to 11:00am

Join the general online session

General session

Monday 10 November

2:00pm to 3:00pm Join the general online session

General session

Thursday 13 November

6:00pm to 7:00pm Join the general online session

Young person's session

Monday 24 November

4:00pm to 5:00pm Join the young person's online session

Previous consultation

Consultation previously took place in:

  • October 2022 – on an issues and options document
  • summer 2024 – on the preferred options document

You can download the consultation statements, a summary of representations received, and how we responded for both documents:

Download the issues and options consultation statement

Download the issues and options representations and responses

Download the preferred options consultation statement

Download the preferred options representations and responses - this document will be uploaded shortly

How to keep updated

If you want information about the Birmingham Local Plan, register on our Planning Consultation portal

If you would like to be kept informed about upcoming consultations on the Birmingham Local Plan and other planning documents, register to join our mailing list.

If you have any other queries about Birmingham Local Plan, email planningstrategy@birmingham.gov.uk

Evidence base

To support the Local Plan, we will continue to update the evidence base. This includes:

  • Housing Economic Land Availability Assessment
  • 5 year Land Supply
  • Growth Zone Background Paper
  • Sustainability Appraisal
  • Green Belt Assessment

Page last updated: 22 October 2025

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