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7, Market Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1AB

P25/1190Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 19 February 2026

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to ground floor shop and conversion of first and second floors to 4 no. bedroom HMO (Class C4) and elevational alterations

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 7, MARKET STREET, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 1AB. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Stourbridge conservation area, with 5 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 1AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Change of Use & Minor Operations
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
22 November 2025
Consultation end
22 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Application expires
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wilcot Chapel, Kinton, Nesscliffe, SY4 1AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
1 November 2025
Site notice start
26 November 2025

Appeal history

6009469
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 September 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14373071
UPRN
90125452
Documents
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Street Stoubridge.
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Town HallOn or next to this 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 (20)

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, 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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