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Tim Hortons Drive Thru, Station Drive, Merry Hill, Brierley Hill, DY5 1SY

P26/0170Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing restaurant with drive-thru including two small extensions, external alterations including new cladding and glazing, revised roof profile, new entrance tower and canopies, rationalisation of existing drive-thru to a single lane, reconfiguration of car park layout, installation of a remote bin store, totem and associated engineering, servicing and site works. Change of use to restaurant with hot food takeaway sales (Sui Generis).

Received
13 February 2026
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at TIM HORTONS DRIVE THRU, STATION DRIVE, MERRY HILL, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1SY. Dudley has handled 3,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 184 applications in total for the DY5 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
DY5 1SY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Extension / Alteration
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Application expires
31 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14583266
UPRN
90164200
Documents
19

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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