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20, Lower High Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1TA

P25/0376Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a new shopfront and an external extraction flue to the side/rear of the building, reconstruction of the roof and erection of a two storey rear extension, change of use of the first and second floors from retail storage (Use Class E) to two self contained flats (Use Class C3), and internal alterations including rebuilding internal walls and replacing windows at first and second floor levels.

Received
28 March 2025
Ward
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 344 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 20, LOWER HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 1TA. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 378 days, 46 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward. We hold 869 applications in total for the DY8 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
DY8 1TA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Change of Use & Minor Operations
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2025
Consultation expiry
31 May 2025
Consultation start
10 May 2025
Consultation end
31 May 2025
Target decision date
26 June 2025
Application expires
3 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9, George Arthur Road, Birmingham, B8 1LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
278 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 May 2025
Site notice start
26 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13881887
UPRN
90113802
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Street Stoubridge.
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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