B5 7XP Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Balsall Heath West. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Benmore Avenue, Birmingham: 27 addresses
- Riseley Crescent, 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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,575 | £1,838 | £2,100 | £2,363 | £2,888 | £3,413 | £3,938 | £4,726 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (44% of about 1,130 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former 'The Trees' Public House site, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7TT: up to 458 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Land at rear of 68 Wellington Road: up to 2 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- ST LUKE'S ESTATE LAND FRONTING BRISTOL STREET: up to 278 homes, permissioned (540 m)
- TESCO MONACO HOUSE, NOVA HOUSE AND ADJOINING LAND BRISTOL STREET: up to 1,009 homes, permissioned (730 m)
- 25-27 Horton Square, Highgate, Birmingham, B12 0YR: up to 1 home, permissioned (780 m)
- Former Kent Street Baths Bromsgrove Street, Gooch Street North Kent Street and Henstead Street: up to 504 homes, permissioned (930 m)
- 217a Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7UB: up to 2 homes, permissioned (930 m)
- Land at Irving Street, Holloway Head, Birmingham, B1 1PE: up to 19 homes, permissioned (950 m)
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.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Benmore Avenue.