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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Application overview
Change of use from Class B8 (storage or distribution) to Class F1(a) (provision of education)
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0303
- Alternative references
- PP-14776165
- Development type
- Change of Use & Minor Operations
- Agent
- Icke
- UPRN
- MAN000000000322227
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| The Location Plan 26-2235/LDCPUBLIC | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Existing Site/Block Plan 26-2235/110DCPUBLIC | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Superseded Block plan of the siteDCSUPER | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Existing Floor Plan 26-2235/111DCPUBLIC | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Proposed Floor Plan 26-2235/113DCPUBLIC | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Transport assessmentDCREPSRV | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Superseded Design and Access StatementDCSUPER | 16 Mar 2026 | View |
| Superseded Amended Proposed Site Plan 26-2235/112bDCSUPER | 26 Mar 2026 | View |
| Land Contamination CommentsDCCONRES | 27 Mar 2026 | View |
| Additional Highway CommentsDCCONRES | 13 May 2026 | View |
| Amended Design and Access StatementDCPUBLIC | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Amended Transport Note 03DCPUBLIC | 18 May 2026 | View |
| Amended Proposed Site Plan 26-2235/112cDCPUBLIC | 28 May 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportDCGENDOC | 29 May 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCDECIS | 29 May 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- Prior to the first occupation of Amber Way campus, a campus wide Travel Plan shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The Travel Plan will cover the Whittingham Road, Shenstone House, Trinity Point. Coombswood and Amber Way campuses and shall include details of coach management timetables, drop off locations and monitoring procedures, a Travel Plan Co-ordinator, staff travel survey, car parking management plan, including student car parking permit scheme, public transport, walking and cycling initiatives, publicity, and marketing details, set targets and monitoring details together with a timetable for the implementation of each such element. The plan shall include maximum student numbers permitted on site per day at Amber Way campus. Details of how/when the plan shall be reviewed shall also be provided. The agreed Travel Plan shall be implemented, monitored and maintained in accordance with the details approved by the Local Planning Authority thereafter. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Policies S6 and S17 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy and Policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2 and TRAN5 of the Black Country Core Strategy, the Parking Standards SPD, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan.
- The premises shall be used only for purposes falling within Class F1(a) (provision of education) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended), or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order, and for no other purpose, including any other use within Class F1. Reason: To ensure the development operates in a manner appropriate to its location, to safeguard the amenities of the area, and to ensure the appropriate use of allocated employment land whilst supporting the provision of community and educational facilities, in accordance with Policies S1, S6, S17 and L6 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy and Policies CSP1, CSP5, DEL1, EMP1 and EMP2 of the Black Country Core Strategy, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan.
- The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans and amended plans:26-2235/L, 26-2235/110, 26-2235/111, 26-2235/113, 26-2235/112c (as submitted on the 28/05/2026) REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The development shall not be occupied/used until details of secure and covered staff cycle storage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details prior to the first use/occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and maintained for no other purpose for the life of the development. REASON: In the interests of visual amenities and highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6, S17 and D2 (in part) and policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2 and TRAN5 of the Black Country Core Strategy, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan.
- The development shall be first occupied/used until details of the bin stores have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The bin stores shall be provided in accordance with the approved details prior to the first use/occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and maintained for no other purpose for the life of the development. REASON: In the interests of visual amenities and highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6, S17 and D2 (in part) and policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2 and TRAN5 of the Black Country Core Strategy, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan.
- Prior to first occupation, details of the new pedestrian gate off Amber Way shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be occupied until the gate has been installed in accordance with the approved details. REASON: In the interests of visual amenities and highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policies S6, S17 and D2 (in part) and policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2 and TRAN5 of the Black Country Core Strategy, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan.
- The car parking and landscaped areas as shown on the approved plans shall be retained and maintained for their intended purposes and these areas shall not be used for any other purpose for the lifetime of the development REASON:To ensure the provision and retention of adequate parking and landscaping in the interests of highway safety and visual amenity, in accordance with Policies S6 and S17 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy and Policies CSP5, DEL1, ENV3 and TRAN2 of the Black Country Core Strategy.
- The college coach parking area hereby permitted shall accommodate no more than 16 coaches at any one time and shall thereafter be retained and used solely for the parking of coaches for the lifetime of the development. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policies S6, S17 and D2 (in part) and policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2 and TRAN5 of the Black Country Core Strategy, and the emerging policies within the Dudley Local Plan. Approval Statement Informative: In dealing with this application the Local Planning Authority have worked with the applicant in a positive, proactive and creative manner, seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the application, by seeking to help the applicant resolve technical detail issues where required and maintaining the delivery of sustainable development. The development would improve the economic, social and environmental concerns of the area and thereby being in accordance with paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024. Important - Community Infrastructure Levy: This development is exempt from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and therefore you are only required to comply with the conditions attached to this notice. Informative: Biodiversity Net Gain Requirements: When granting planning permission, Article 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended by The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Modifications and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2024) (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/595/article/35/) requires planning authorities to set out the following information to signpost an applicant to the statutory framework for Biodiversity Net Gain. Paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 states that planning permission, granted for the development of land in England, is deemed to have been granted subject to the “Biodiversity Gain condition” and that development may not begin unless: (a) a Biodiversity Gain Plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. The planning authority, for the purposes of determining whether to approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan if one is required in respect of this permission is the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. In accordance with the Biodiversity Net Gain Planning Practice Guidance, the Biodiversity Gain condition is not being repeated within this decision notice. However, please be aware that noncompliance with this statutory condition may result in enforcement action. There are statutory exemptions and transitional arrangements which mean that the Biodiversity Gain condition does not always apply. These are set out in The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Exemptions) Regulations 2024 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/47/contents/made) and The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/44/made). The planning authority requests that, where an applicant is required to submit a Biodiversity Gain Plan, Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan (HMMP) and /or HMMP monitoring reports, that the applicant uses the standard national templates. If this permission is not exempt, and there is “irreplaceable habitat” onsite (as set out within Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Irreplaceable Habitat) Regulations 2024) (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/48/contents/made) there are additional obligations for the content of the Biodiversity Gain Plan/s. This must be addressed before the planning authority can approve the plan(s). Based on the information available, it is not considered that this permission is subject to the statutory Biodiversity Gain condition, as the following exemption applies: 4.2 Development below the de minimis threshold, meaning development which: i) does not impact an onsite priority habitat (a habitat specified in a list published under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006); and ii) impacts less than 25 square metres of onsite habitat that has biodiversity value greater than zero and less than 5 metres in length of onsite linear habitat (as defined in the statutory metric). As BNG is fully assessed after approval, the circumstances and/or information within the planning proposal provided may change. Therefore, to avoid enforcement action, you must evaluate if the condition is required and proceed accordingly (i.e. submitting a Biodiversity Gain Plan (if one is required) for approval), prior to beginning works onsite.
