The Woodlands, 66, Bridle Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge, DY8 4QE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of vacant care home into 1 no. house and 4 no. flats with internal and external alterations, associated infrastructure and demolition of link corridor Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 3 Sept 2026 · Planning/Development Control Committee · Last checked 12 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Dudley Planning Committee on 2 Sept 2026.
Refused
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide housing, reuse a vacant brownfield site and avoid unacceptable harm.
- Objections concerned parking, highway safety, neighbouring amenity, heritage, trees, ecology and the loss of a care facility.
- Members voted to refuse the application contrary to the officer recommendation because of parking and highway safety concerns.
Source: Plota analysis of Dudley's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.
Site constraints 9
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £960,000 in May 2024. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Dudley
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- DY8 4QE
- Received
- 13 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Planning/Development Control Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Dudley
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 233 days from validation, 177 days slower than Dudley's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 30% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dudley in the last twelve months, from validation. Dudley decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14441764
- Site or press notice
- 23 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 2 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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