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Woodlands Himley Lane Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LW

26/00135/FULHHHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective planning application for the infilling of an existing boundary wall.

Received
11 February 2026
Ward
Himley & Swindon
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Woodlands Himley Lane Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LW. South Staffordshire has handled 1,353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications 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.

88% of full 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 site is within the Green Belt and the proposed development is considered to be inappropriate development as set out in policy GB1 of the adopted Core Strategy. The development is therefore harmful to the Green Belt, contrary to policy GB1 of the adopted Core Strategy.
  2. The Local Planning Authority has considered the reasons advanced, but does not consider that these reasons constitute the very special circumstances required to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, harm to openness and other harm identified.
  3. The proposed development by virtue of its design, scale, form, and architectural approach would not preserve or respect the character of the site, its context, and surroundings. It would be an incongruous feature in the street scene and would detract from the visual amenity of the area. The proposed is consequently contrary to development plan policies EQ4, EQ11 and South Staffordshire Design Guide, which seek to ensure development responds positively to local character and context, to respect and enhance the character of the site, its context and surroundings in terms of architectural approach, height, scale, form and design.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DY3 4LW
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SWINDON

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Berrys
Agent address
Berrys Beech House Anchorage Avenue Shrewsbury SY2 6FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 February 2026
Site notice end
13 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14696539
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 26/1967Part of the site
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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