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Ellowes Hall Sports College, Stickley Lane, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2JH

P26/0028/PN14JPrior Notification - PN14J - Renewable EnergyApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval is Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the installation, alteration or replacement or other Solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of non-domestic buildings

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gornal
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at ELLOWES HALL SPORTS COLLEGE, STICKLEY LANE, LOWER GORNAL, DUDLEY, DY3 2JH. Dudley has handled 366 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dudley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Gornal. We hold 333 applications in total for the DY3 postcode area.

90% of outline 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 2JH
Application type
Prior Notification - PN14J - Renewable Energy
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14614818
UPRN
90148440
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Dudley
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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