Feb 23, 2025, Express and Star: Plans submitted to change Kinver's Dunsley Hall from a hotel to a special educational needs school
W. Midlands
The hall has been passed through a line of wealthy families and aristocrats since 1304 but now a planning application for change of use from hotel to school has been submitted to South Staffordshire Council.
Bruce O’Brien, Senior Planning Consultant with Aitchison Raffety, the project's architects, said: "The application seeks consent for the use of the land and buildings on the wider site as a non-residential Special Educational Needs School. . . .
"The Polaris Community is one that specialises in nurturing childcare. Alongside specialist education provision, the business provides independent fostering and adoption agencies, residential children's homes, leaving care services, and bespoke children’s services contract. . . .
Polaris invited local ward and parish councillors to discuss the application. They said: "All councillors were provided with the details of the proposal and the Parish Councillors were invited to discuss the matter further at a virtual meeting.
The objective of the consultation was to provide stakeholders with information regarding the development proposals and to help facilitate an opportunity to comment.
"As yet, neither Ward nor Parish Councillors have responded to the information sent to them and the meeting that was offered to the Parish Councillors has been neither accepted nor rejected."
South Staffordshire Council's planning department's consultation will be open for comments and objections until March 7. . . .
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