63 Dudley Road, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 1HB

Planning appeal 3366071 at 63 Dudley Road, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 1HB (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 September 2025 by Inspector Wilson D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the conditions are necessary in the interests of highway safety.

Variation of Condition 2 (Hours of use) of planning approval P16/0170 to revise the hours of opening to the public to Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 20:00 and Sundays and bank holidays 10:00 to 18:00 without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref P24/0019, dated 02 February 2024

Authority: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Wilson D
Postcode: DY5 1HB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the conditions are necessary in the interests of highway safety

What decided it

The proposed development would harm highway safety through inadequate parking provision that fails to comply with the Council's Parking Standards SPD and would likely result in indiscriminate street parking in the residential area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy TRAN2 of the Black Country Core Strategy Adopted February 2011Policy S17 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy Adoption March 2017Policy S6 Urban DesignPolicy D2 Incompatible Land UsesPolicy CSP5Policy DEL1Policy TRAN2Policy CEN8Policy TRAN5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 115

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