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Regent House, 87-88, King Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 8PR

P25/1176Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 February 2026

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from offices to 34 Bedroom HMO. Elevational changes

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St. James's Ward
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at REGENT HOUSE, 87-88, KING STREET, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY2 8PR. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in the Dudley Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 165 applications in total for the DY2 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
DY2 8PR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Change of Use & Minor Operations
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025
Application expires
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Idafa Architects, 12A The Buisness Centre, Edward Street, Redditch, B97 6HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 November 2025

Appeal history

6009299
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 July 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14329650
UPRN
90153978
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dudley Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Regent House, DudleyRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 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

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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