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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
683 approved · 117 refused · 28 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 2022 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land between Upper Ettingshall Methodist Church &, 56, Upper Ettingshall Road, Coseley, WV14 9QS
Received 11 Dec 2025142-144, STOURBRIDGE ROAD, HALESOWEN, B63 3UJ
Received 19 Jan 20269, HOLLYBANK GROVE, HAYLEY GREEN, HALESOWEN, B63 1BT
Received 29 May 2026Land adjacent to 6a, Coopers Bank Road, Dudley, DY3 2PT
Received 6 Jan 2026Land rear of 1A to 1B Firmstone Street, Wollaston, Stourbridge
Received 26 Jan 202610, SPRINGFIELD CRESCENT, DUDLEY, DY2 7EX
Received 5 Mar 202613, PINE WALK, WOLLESCOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 7JN
Received 27 Jul 202684, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY1 4RF
Received 10 Feb 2026Rear of 27 Foxlands Drive, Dudley, DY3 2HZ
Received 29 Jul 202648, CAUSEY FARM ROAD, HAYLEY GREEN, HALESOWEN, WEST MIDLANDS, B63 1EL
Received 6 Mar 20268, Skylark Close, Pensnett, Dudley, DY5 4UQ
Received 5 Feb 202646, VICARAGE ROAD WEST, WOODSETTON, DUDLEY, DY1 4NP
Received 24 Sept 2025Marriott Road Industrial Estate, MARRIOTT ROAD, NETHERTON, Dudley, DY2 0JZ
Received 13 Jan 202618, SEFTON CLOSE, TIPTON, DY4 8EW
Received 14 Sept 202651A, HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, WEST MIDLANDS, DY5 2AA
Received 12 May 2026Marriott Road Industrial Estate, MARRIOTT ROAD, NETHERTON, Dudley, DY2 0JZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Land at Birmingham New Road and, Sedgley Road West, Coseley/Tipton
Received 19 Feb 2026Amenity Space Adjacent 110 Hagley Road, Halesowen, B63 4RL
Received 26 Feb 202652, CATHOLIC LANE, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3YF
Received 29 Jul 202622, Wexford Close, Dudley, DY1 2UL
Received 19 Mar 202624, ELMDALE ROAD, COSELEY, BILSTON, WV14 9AU
Received 2 Feb 20261, FALCON RISE, WOLLASTON, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4QQ
Received 13 Jul 2026Land at Stallings Lane and Oak Lane, Kingswinford
Received 18 Sept 202691A, KINGSLEY ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9RU
Received 29 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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