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Old Swinford Hospital School, Heath Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1QX

P26/0482Lawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 25 June 2026

Council decision: Certificate Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed extension to provide new reception area and changing rooms to replace existing storage buildings

Received
23 April 2026
Ward
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL SCHOOL, HEATH LANE, STOURBRIDGE, WEST MIDLANDS, DY8 1QX. Dudley has handled 349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Wollaston & Stourbridge Town. We hold 869 applications in total for the DY8 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
DY8 1QX
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Development type
Lawful Dev Cert (section 192)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026
Application expires
27 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14872367
UPRN
90154392

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Dudley

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