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Former Driving Standards Agency Car Park, Turner Street, Lower Gornal

P25/0126Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Refused on 27-Oct-2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 2 no. dwellings

Received
4 February 2025
Ward
Gornal Ward
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at FORMER DRIVING STANDARDS AGENCY CAR PARK, TURNER STREET, LOWER GORNAL. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 30 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 333 applications in total for the DY3 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
DY3 2HG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
STONELEIGH ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MAPLE HOUSE, KINGSWOOD BUSINESS PARK, HOLYHEAD ROAD, ALBRIGHTON, WV7 3AU

Appeal history

6001809
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 February 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 5 (land contaimation) and 8 (soil gases)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP21/1233/C8

Source: Dudley

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