The Council has produced a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the Historic Environment, which was Adopted on the 13th September 2006. The document provides guidance to assist applicants in complying with the requirements of historic environment policies set out in the Development Plan Documents and to provide guidance on how the authority expects the historic environment to be taken into account in the development control process.
Whilst this guidance does not have equivalent status to Development Plan Documents, compliance with Supplementary Planning Document guidance is a material consideration in planning decisions. Applicants should therefore bear in mind that disregard of this guidance may result in planning permission being withheld.
The overarching aim of Historic Environment Policies is to protect and conserve the locally distinctive characteristics of the Borough’s existing townscapes and landscapes whilst also ensuring that new development respects and/or enhances the existing character of distinctive localities.The
Dudley Borough Landscape and Townscape Character Study seeks to assist developers and others to understand and appreciate Local Distinctiveness by providing a detailed framework and context that sets out broad definitions of historic character for different areas of the Borough and maps them. A range of different general types of historic character that may be encountered as components of townscape and
landscape across the Borough are also examined and listed.
The SPD and associated documents contain all relevant contact information and are attached below:
