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20, Valley Road, Upper Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 1TT

P26/0148Lawful Development CertificateRefused

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Certificate Not Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certification for a proposed front porch, single storey side extension, single storey rear extension, hip to gable loft conversion with front rooflights and rear dormer, elevational changes to include new windows and erection of 2 no. detached outbuildings

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20, VALLEY ROAD, UPPER GORNAL, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY3 1TT. Dudley has handled 349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Upper Gornal & Woodsetton. We hold 333 applications in total for the DY3 postcode area.

81% of amendment 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 1TT
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Development type
Lawful Dev Cert (section 192)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
90024851
Documents
41

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.

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