The typical property in B40

B40 is a non-residential or near-non-residential outcode covering the NEC site, the Birmingham International station footprint, Resorts World and the immediately adjacent airport service buildings. The Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council boundary does not reach here; B40 sits within Solihull MBC, alongside parts of B37 and B92.

The Pendigo Lake area was developed for the NEC complex opening in 1976, and the conference, exhibition and arena buildings have been expanded several times since. The 2015 opening of Resorts World, with its hotel, casino and outlet retail, added significant employment to the site. The HS2 Interchange station is under construction immediately adjacent.

Because B40 is a non-residential commercial postcode by design, there is effectively no housing stock to analyse and no domestic council tax base. Any residential listings under a B40 address are likely to be addressing errors. The outcode matters for property buyers in neighbouring B37 and B92 as the destination side of the journey-to-work pattern, not as a place to live.

For investors, what matters about B40 is the HS2 Interchange progress and the continuing investment in NEC and Resorts World, both of which underpin rental demand for shift workers and conferencing staff across the surrounding postcodes.