A PLAN for an apartment block which had been thrown out because planning chiefs said it would deny green space to local people is to be looked at again.

Developers have re-submitted the scheme on land at the rear of Salop Street despite it being rejected in September last year following objections by residents and local businesses.

Objectors say it will cause traffic problems and could force a local firm to go out of business.

The application to Dudley’s planning committee had been part of a much larger proposal for three buildings of 16 flats which was rejected after councillors said it amounted to over-development and the loss of green space would have a negative impact on the area.

But a revised plan of only two blocks of ten apartments was passed in January this year while an appeal to the planning inspectorate on the earlier refusal was only rejected because it did not include affordable housing.

The latest application has led to 20 objections by local people who claim it will cause traffic and parking problems.

Cllr Cathryn Bayton, who represents the St James’s ward, has called on the committee to reject the application saying if approved it could lead a nearby business, Blake’s Sheds, closing its doors.

In her submission to the committee, she says the company needs the land for business deliveries.

The report states: “They require the ability to turn the vehicles so they do not reverse out onto the highway, this development will make such manoeuvres impossible. (It) is a small business which has been in situ for 30 years, the risk if the planning application is approved would be adverse and could ultimately result in them having to cease trading putting jobs at risk and a knock on effect into the supply chain.”

Council officers have recommended approval to members of the development control committee who will discuss the plan at their meeting on July 17.