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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
Variation of conditions 9 (Operating Hours) and 11 (Deliveries and Dispatches) and removal of Condition 14 (Residential Occupation) attached to planning permission P23/1380 to allow extended operating hours of warehouse and deliveries between 08:00 - 18:00 Monday to Saturday and bank holidays, and to allow the first floor residential unit to be occupied independently from the ground floor commercial use.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0408
- Alternative references
- PP-14840627
- Development type
- Variation of Condition (not renewal)
- Ward
- Halesowen North
- UPRN
- 90146686
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Planning Support StatementDCPUBLIC | 7 Apr 2026 | View |
| Noise impact assessmentDCREPSRV | 7 Apr 2026 | View |
| Decision Notice for P23/1380DCREPSRV | 7 Apr 2026 | View |
| Location PlanDCLOCPLN | 7 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection - 161 New John StreetDCOBJECT | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objector - 161 New John StreetDCOBJECT | 8 May 2026 | View |
| Decision noticeDCPUBLIC | 25 Jun 2026 | View |
| Officers reportDCPUBLIC | 25 Jun 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
Decision Notice for P23/1380 Decision noticePlanning conditions
- The development hereby permitted shall be occupied as a single dwellinghouse within Use Class C3 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and for no other purpose, including any other purpose within Use Class C4 (Houses in Multiple Occupation) or as a House in Multiple Occupation in Sui Generis use. REASON:To safeguard the residential amenity of the area, and to ensure adequate levels of parking and because the application has been assessed and found acceptable only on the basis of occupation as a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) in accordance with Policies ENV3 and TRAN4 of the Black Country Core Strategy and Policy S17 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy, the Parking Standards SPD, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan. Informative note on sound insulation between premises Sound insulation will be required between the proposed residential development and adjoining employment use. This is a matter that is covered separately under Building Regulations and no planning conditions are recommended by Environmental Safety and Health to require such works, to avoid unnecessary duplication of controls under the two separate regimes. Building Control should be made aware of the above comments. 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 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2023. INFCIL1 - CIL Required IMPORTANT - COMMUNITY INFRASTRUTURE LEVY - PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENCING DEVELOPMENT This development is subject to a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charge based on the Council's adopted CIL Charging Schedule. Further information can be found on the Council's website https://www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/dudley-local-plan/community-infrastructure-levy/ or by emailing development.control@dudley.gov.uk The following must be completed BEFORE the commencement of development: • Assumption of Liability Notice: This must be submitted by the person(s) responsible for paying CIL. If not submitted, the charge will default to the owner of the land and there may be additional costs. • Commencement Notice: The date of commencement must be sent to the Council. If this is not received a fine will be added and full payment will be due immediately • Claim for Relief Form: • Demand Notice: Once the Council has received the commencement notice a Demand Notice will be issued for the CIL payment.
- The variation of Conditions 9 (Operating Hours) and 11 (Deliveries and Dispatches) attached to planning permission P23/1380 hereby approved shall cease to have effect 12 months from the date of this permission. Upon expiry of that period, the operating and delivery hours shall revert to those approved under planning permission P23/1380 unless a further planning permission has been granted. REASON:To protect the amenities of nearby residents in accordance with Paragraph 198 of the NPPF and policies D2 and D5 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- No machinery, including forklift trucks, shall be operated in the external yard on public holidays. REASON: To protect the amenities of nearby residents in accordance with Paragraph 198 of the NPPF and policies D2 and D5 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans and amended plans: 001 Rev C (as submitted on the 10/09/2024), 003 Rev D (as submitted on the 19/09/2024), REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The approved residential and retail accommodation shall not be 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 and shall thereafter be retained and maintained for no other purpose for the life of the development. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6 Urban Design, Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings, Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2, CEN8 and TRAN5, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- No deliveries or dispatches shall be made to or from the warehouse site, and no delivery or dispatch vehicles shall enter or leave the site (whether laden or unladen), except between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 Monday to Saturday and on Bank Holidays. No external loading or unloading shall take place after 17:30. REASON: To protect the amenities of the surrounding residents in accordance with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy D5 Noise Pollution and Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings and Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part) and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- Prior to first occupation all redundant dropped kerbs should be replaced with matching full height kerbs and the adjacent Highway made good. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6 Urban Design, Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings, Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2, CEN8 and TRAN5, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The use of the warehouse hereby approved shall not be operated except between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 Monday to Saturday and on Bank Holidays. No operations shall take place on Sundays. REASON: To protect the amenities of the surrounding residents in accordance with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy D5 Noise Pollution and Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings and Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The retail premises hereby approved shall not be open to the public before the hours of 08.00 nor after 22.00 on any day. REASON: To protect the amenities of the surrounding residents in accordance with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy D5 Noise Pollution and Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings and Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- No goods or materials shall be stored or deposited on any part of the site outside of the buildings shown on the approved plans except for cars parking within defined parking areas. REASON: In the interests of the visual amenity and highway safety of the area and to ensure the availability of adequate parking provision within the site in accordance with BBCS with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6 Urban Design, Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings, Policy S17 Access & Impact of Development on the Transport Network, Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part) and policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2, CEN8 and TRAN5, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- No retail sales shall take place to the public from the warehouse. REASON: To protect the amenities of the surrounding residents in accordance with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy D5 Noise Pollution and Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings and Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The approved residential and retail accommodation shall not be occupied until the parking areas have been laid and marked out in accordance with the approved details and these parking areas shall not be used for any other purpose for the life of the development. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6 Urban Design, Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings Policy D2 Incompatible Land Uses (in part), policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2, CEN8 and TRAN5, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The study hereby approved shall not be occupied as a bedroom and shall thereafter be retained and maintained as a study and for no other purpose for the life of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. REASON: In order to define the permission and to protect the amenities of the future occupiers in accordance with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy L1 Housing Development, extensions and alterations to existing dwellings, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The approved residential and retail accommodation shall not be occupied until visibility splays to the new access have been provided at the junction between the proposed means of access and the highway with an 'x' set back distance of 2.4 metres and a 'y' distance of 43 metres. No structure or vegetation exceeding 600mm in height above the adjoining highway shall be placed or allowed to grow within the visibility splay for the life of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with Borough Development Strategy 2017 Policy S6, Policy D2 (in part), policies CSP5, DEL1, TRAN2, CEN8 and TRAN5, and the policies contained within the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
