PlotbeaconDudley Metropolitan Borough Council • P26/0776
Distillery and café planned at Stuart Works
Unit 2, The Newhouse, Stuart Works, High Street, Wordsley, DY8 4FB
A distillery, café, shop, and visitor centre are planned at Stuart Works.
The site would become busier, with production, visitors, café customers, deliveries, and shop activity.
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How to comment
The comment period closed on 22 August. The council may still accept a comment before its decision.
- Status
- Consultation closed · awaiting decision
- Type
- full
- Received
- 6 Jul 2026
- Consultation closed
- 22 Aug 2026
Summary
The applicant wants to change Unit 2 at Stuart Works into a craft distillery. The plans include spirit making and bottling, a café, a shop, and visitor activities.
The site would have more visitors and daily activity. Nearby people may notice deliveries, customer vehicles, smells, or noise from production. The supplied details do not give further details about opening hours or parking.
The council will decide after the comment period. The supplied details do not say that the work is already built or approved.
About this summary
What the council wrote is the official record. This summary was made automatically by Plotbeacon from the council's notice.
What the council wrote
Change of use from commercial unit to visitor focused craft distillery incorporating the production and bottling of spirits, ancillary café, retail shop educational experiences and visitor attractions (sui-generis)