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VLRNIC (Very Light Rail National Innovat, VLRNIC (Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre), VLRNIC, Zoological Drive, DY1 4AW

P24/1010Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 December 2024

Council decision: Approved with Conditions on 10-Dec-2024

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Siting of 4 no. off portacabins and 2 no. storage containers for a period of 2 y

Received
30 August 2024
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at VLRNIC (Very Light Rail National Innovat, VLRNIC (Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre), VLRNIC,, Zoological Drive, DY1 4AW. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks 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 326 applications in total for the DY1 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
DY1 4AW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dudley Town CentrePart of the site
  • Scheduled monument: St James's PrioryPart of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Priory Park, DudleyPart of the site
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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