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The Forge, 75, Commonside, Pensnett, Brierley Hill, DY5 4AJ

P23/0557Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 August 2023

Council decision: Approved with Conditions on 17-Aug-2023

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from bike repair workshop (B2) and retail (E) to laundrette (sui g

Submitted
9 June 2023
Ward
Brockmoor and Pensnett Ward
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE FORGE, 75, COMMONSIDE, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 4AJ. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 184 applications in total for the DY5 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DY5 4AJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
8 July 2023
Consultation start
17 June 2023
Consultation end
8 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dudley

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