Planning appeal decision
387 Birmingham New Raod, Dudley, DY1 4SJ
Planning appeal 3355187 at 387 Birmingham New Raod, Dudley, DY1 4SJ (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Dignan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission should be granted for roof works carried out, comprising a hip-to-gable roof extension incorporating a rear dormer, on the ground that the development is permitted development under Class B of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Without planning permission and within the last four years the carrying out of development comprising of a roof extension (the Roof Extension)
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Dignan P
- Postcode
- DY1 4SJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether planning permission should be granted for roof works carried out, comprising a hip-to-gable roof extension incorporating a rear dormer, on the ground that the development is permitted development under Class B of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The development as built fails to accord with development plan policies on character and appearance due to its dominant, top-heavy appearance and use of unsympathetic materials on the side elevation, which is discordant in the street scene.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Black Country Core Strategy (2011) Policy ENV2Black Country Core Strategy (2011) Policy ENV3Dudley Borough Development Strategy (2017) Policy L1Dudley Borough Development Strategy (2017) Policy S6Residential Design Guide SPD (2023)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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