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Astons, Tower Street, Dudley, DY1 1NB

P23/1130Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 May 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to facilitate a change of use to Education/Training Centre.

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. James's Ward
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at ASTONS, TOWER STREET, DUDLEY, DY1 1NB. Dudley has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 267 days, 30 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 326 applications in total for the DY1 postcode area.

83% of all 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
DY1 1NB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
Change of Use & Minor Operations
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2023
Consultation expiry
21 October 2023
Consultation start
30 September 2023
Consultation end
21 October 2023
Target decision date
19 October 2023
Application expires
23 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
CASS Design, Unit 107 Clerkenwell Workshops, 27-31, Clerkenwell Close, Farringdon, London, EC1R 0AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
243 days

Publicity

First advertised
30 September 2023
Site notice start
28 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12408238
UPRN
90158631
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dudley Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Baylies' Charity SchoolOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Carpet Elite, Curzon House, 265-266, Castle Street, Dudley, Dy1 1lqRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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

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