Red Hall Primary School, Zoar Street, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2PA Data via plota.co.uk

P26/0389 - Full Planning Permission Registered application

Proposal

Demolition of former Headteachers/Caretakers House (No. 11 Zoar Street) and creation of new pedestrian waiting drop and pick up area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
20 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
21 Apr 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 172.

Site constraints 9

Mineral Safeguarding AreaAreas of High Historic Townscape ValueArticle 4 direction
Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded mine shaft: 37 m away (reference 391291-003). 4 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Air quality management area: Dudley AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Mineral Safeguarding AreaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Areas of High Historic Townscape ValueCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Article 4 directionCouncil record
Some permitted development rights are withdrawn. The direction is on the council's register but not published as open data.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Sedgley built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dudley
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
DY3 2PA
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Gornal
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Corporate Landlord Services

Decision outlook

Day 172, past the statutory target. 88% of demolitions in Dudley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Oct 2026.

Day 172116 days past the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Dudley in the last twelve months, from validation. Dudley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
21 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Oct 2026
Dudley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#128 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dudley ranks #122 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dudley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #246 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #217 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #122 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #76 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
52 decided
780
Total decisions
137 refused in the year to March 2026

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