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Dismissed12 February 20253354432

Land Adjacent to Farthings Lane, Dudley, DY2 8UB

Planning appeal 3354432 at Land Adjacent to Farthings Lane, Dudley, DY2 8UB (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 February 2025 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the risk to land stability has been mitigated through an appropriate Coal Mining Risk Assessment.

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Authority
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
utilities-energy · Minor retail and services
Inspector
Smith J
Postcode
DY2 8UB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the risk to land stability has been mitigated through an appropriate Coal Mining Risk Assessment
  • the effect of the proposal on visual amenity through the removal of protected trees
  • whether the proposed development would fail to protect areas of the Green Network

What decided it

The absence of appropriate technical information to assess coal mining risk in a Development High Risk Area, contrary to Policy D4 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy 2017, was the decisive factor in dismissing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D4Policy S22Policy S19Policy ENV1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 161

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