Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 of the Ground Floor from a convenience store (Class E) to an Adult Gaming Centre (sui generis) and elevational alterations.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0464
- Alternative references
- PP-14801165
- Development type
- Change of Use & Minor Operations
- Ward
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
- Agent
- Lawrance
- UPRN
- 90129378
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Location planDCLOCPLN | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Block plan of the siteDCBLKPLN | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing ground floor planDCFLOPLN | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed ground floor planDCFLOPLN | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed elevationsDCELEVAT | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Cover letter and planning statementDCPUBLIC | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| PhotosDCPHOTO | 20 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection - 41 High StreetDCOBJECT | 19 May 2026 | View |
| Objection - 14A Vicarage RoadDCOBJECT | 19 May 2026 | View |
| Objection - Grange LaneDCOBJECT | 19 May 2026 | View |
| Objection - 15-17 Church StreetDCOBJECT | 20 May 2026 | View |
| Consultation response - Environmental HealthDCCONRES | 21 May 2026 | View |
| Objection - 16 Pennine WayDCOBJECT | 21 May 2026 | View |
| Consultation response - HistoricDCCONRES | 3 Jun 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCCECIS | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportDCGENDOC | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| appeal questionnaireDCAPPEAL | 5 Aug 2026 | View |
| appeal statementDCAPPEAL | 22 Jul 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Site notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourcePublicity end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceConsultation expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Appeal status: Appeal lodged
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- The proposed change of use to an Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis) within the Stourbridge Town Centre Core Area would fail to accord with the defined role and function of the centre. The use does not fall within the acceptable main town centre uses set out under Policy DLP24 of the emerging Dudley Local Plan and would undermine the vitality and viability of the centre. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policy DLP24 of the emerging Dudley Plan.
- The proposal fails to demonstrate that it would contribute positively to the physical, social and mental wellbeing of residents. In the absence of a submitted Health Impact Assessment, the development conflicts with Policy DLP8 of the emerging Dudley Local Plan, which seeks to manage the location and impacts of uses such as betting shops and amusement arcades. The proposal is therefore unacceptable in terms of its potential health and wellbeing impacts in accordance with Policy DLP8 of the emerging Dudley Local Plan.
- The proposed shopfront alterations, by virtue of their modern design, materials, and lack of regard to established guidance, would result in a harmful and unsympathetic intervention that fails to preserve or enhance the character of the non-designated heritage asset and its setting within an Area of High Historic Townscape Value. The development is therefore contrary to the NPPF (2024), Policies ENV2 and ENV3 of the Black Country Core Strategy (2011), Policies S6, S8 and S12 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy (2017) and Policies DLP39, DLP54 and DLP57 of the emerging Dudley Local Plan. INFORMATIVE The Local Planning Authority is aware of the requirement of paragraph 39 in the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the application. In this case, after careful balanced consideration the LPA/Officers considers that there are insurmountable technical issues relating to the acceptability of the proposed use within this location, its potential impacts on the health and wellbeing of residents, and the harm identified to the character and appearance of the non-designated heritage asset and wider townscape that have not been satisfactorily resolved to demonstrate that the scheme would result in the creation of a sustainable form of development and thereby failing to improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area.
