®Planning appeal decision
433 Stourbridge Road, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1LB
the erection of a single storey building for use as a MOT centre with a total unit size of 108 square meters on the existing Hand Car Wash site, which spans an area of 780 square meters. This addition is intended to enhance the functionality of the site, allowing for the operation of vehicle testing services alongside the current car wash activities
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Deane G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with regard to vehicle parking, access and circulation, and pedestrian safety
What decided it
The absence of sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the proposed on-site parking provision would prevent overspill parking on the adjacent footway, thereby creating an unacceptable risk to pedestrian safety.
Plan policies cited: Policy TRAN2 of the Black Country Core Strategy, Policy S17 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy, Policies DLP67, DLP68 and DLP69 of the draft Dudley Local Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.