Landowners have appealed against enforcement notice ordering them to remove holiday lodges.
The theatre director says the current building has become "tired".
An application for the development was originally refused by the former Planning Committee last year.
The current site is "pretty terrible", a councillor says.
Steven Thorpe is told he has breached planning rules by installing a chunk of the wall by his house.
The building on Rue des Pres was demolished after Storm Ciarán in November 2023.
Durham Council's planning committee is due to decide on the proposal for 22 homes in Newton Hall.
Plans are submitted to expand a farm shop in St Clement due to a rising interest in food provenance.
The plans are not in keeping with the area's character, City of Wolverhampton Council says.
