Planning round-up; HMO certificate granted in Amblecote

The property, known as Corbett House, is on Piper Place in Amblecote and was formerly a care home for people with mental health problems.

The building, which has been operating as an HMO since 2017, has now been granted a change of use certificate by planners.

A total of three letters of objection were received raising concerns including that parking near the HMO was difficult and parked vehicles restricted access for emergency crews and refuse collection.

There were also three letters of support which said the accommodation is clean and well maintained providing homes for professional people including medical staff.

In Kingswinford planners rejected an application to demolish Mill Garage on the corner of Market Street and Oak Street to build seven new homes.

The development would have consisted of one bungalow and a two and three-storey block of two and three-bedroom homes.

Planners ruled the buildings would be overly dominant, provide an inadequate living environment and be detrimental to highway safety.

Castlegate Park on Tipton Road in Dudley is to get six new rapid electric vehicle chargers after planners gave the go-ahead for the installation.

The chargers will be fitted in existing parking spaces near Pizza Hut.

A scheme for two new bungalows in Sandhurst Grove, Wordsley, have been rejected after planners ruled insufficient information had been provided in an application for outline planning permission.

The application was to build two new dwellings in a disused garden area next to number 12 in the street.

In a report, planning officers said there was some merit to building on the land but more information was required.

Planning permission has been granted for three new flats above shops in Turners Lane, Brierley Hill.

The flats will be on the first floor of the building above a One Stop shop and a beauty salon in vacant offices previously used by a religious organisation.