B2 5ST Birmingham

Streets

• Bennett's Hill, Birmingham: 10 addresses
• Waterloo Street, Birmingham: 1 address

Council tax

What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (47% of about 1,290 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, COLMORE ROW AND ENVIRONS CONSERVATION AREA (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 30.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): CITY WIDE HMO.
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• 122 AND 124, COLMORE ROW B3, grade I
• 44, WATERLOO STREET B2, grade II*
• 6, BENNETT'S HILL B2, grade II*
• NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, grade II*
• NUMBER 36A AND 37 (WELLESLEY HOUSE) AND SCREEN CUT INTO WATERLOO COURT, grade II*
• 102, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 104 AND 106, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 110, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 112, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 118 AND 120, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 130, COLMORE ROW B3 (See details for further address information), grade II
• 31 AND 32, WATERLOO STREET B2, grade II
• 37, BENNETT'S HILL B2, grade II
• 38, BENNETT'S HILL B2, grade II
• 5, BENNETT'S HILL B2 (See details for further address information), grade II
• 7 AND 8, WATERLOO STREET, grade II
• 75 AND 77, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 79-83, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• 85, 87 AND 89, COLMORE ROW B3, grade II
• APSLEY HOUSE, grade II
• BISHOP GORE STATUE, grade II
• CHRISTCHURCH HOUSE, grade II
• K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, TEMPLE ROW WEST, grade II
• LLOYDS BANK, grade II
• MIDLAND BANK, grade II
• ROSTILL LINES MONUMENT, grade II
• STANDARD HOUSE, grade II
• THE BRITANNIA BUILDING SOCIETY, grade II
• Trocadero and Albert Chambers, grade II
• WELLINGTON HOUSE, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Richmond House, 84 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1PB: up to 83 homes, permissioned (230 m)
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Floors, York House, 38 Great Charles Street, Ladywood: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (250 m)
• Guildhall Buildings, Navigation Street: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (270 m)
• 65 Church Street, City Centre, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 2 homes, permissioned (280 m)
• 65 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 13 homes, permissioned (280 m)
• BLOCK A PARADISE CIRCUS/CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE PARADISE CIRCUS QUEENSWAY: up to 370 homes, permissioned (300 m)
• Aspect Court, Ladywood: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
• Town Hall Car Park, Brunel Street: up to 120 homes, not permissioned (330 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.