Planning appeal decision
Adj 17 Laurel Lane, Halesowen, B63 3DA
Planning appeal 3327623 at Adj 17 Laurel Lane, Halesowen, B63 3DA (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 July 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Authority's decision to refuse the LDC was well founded.
Class E - commercial, business and service
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- B63 3DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the Authority's decision to refuse the LDC was well founded
What decided it
The use comprised a mixed activity of manufacturing and distribution, but distribution is not a use described in Class E of the Use Classes Order and therefore cannot form part of a Class E mixed use.
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