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The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL

25/01121/LUPCertificate of Lawfulness - proposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of detached domestic outbuilding

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Himley & Swindon
Agent
Simpatico Town Planning
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Himley & Swindon. We hold 333 applications in total for the DY3 postcode area.

75% of outline applications at South Staffordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed erection of a single storey outbuilding to provide a home study, games room, garden store, toilet and cupboard as shown on plans: 4361-104H (Proposed Elevations) received 22nd December 2025 and 4361-103H (Proposed Floorplans) received 22nd December 2025, would not benefit from planning permission granted automatically by Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 (as amended), because it would be excessive in size in relation to the dwellinghouse, and the applicant has failed to clearly demonstrate how this space would be used in a way that justifies an outbuilding of the size proposed. Therefore, the outbuilding cannot be considered as reasonably required for a purpose that is incidental to the dwellinghouse and it would not be considered permitted development according to Class E.4 Helen Benbow Development Management Team Manager Application 25/01121/LUP Number: First Schedule Erection of detached domestic outbuilding Second Schedule The Old Chapel Chapel Lane Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PL Cowles C/O Mr Richard Jewkes Simpatico Town Planning 33 Musk Lane West Lower Gornal DY3 2UJ

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DY3 4PL
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SWINDON

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
31 January 2026
Consultation start
7 January 2026
Consultation end
31 January 2026
Last date for comments
31 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simpatico Town Planning
Agent address
Simpatico Town Planning 33 Musk Lane West Lower Gornal DY3 2UJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14577443
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: South Staffordshire

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