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71 Wales Lane

P/2026/00995Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use/DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval - DelegatedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the partial conversion of existing integral garage to form Utility room

Received
22 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bagots & Needwood
Agent
Elsigood Architectural Limited
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 30 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 71 WALES LANE. East Staffordshire has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 260 applications across Bagots & Needwood. We hold 2,945 applications in total for the DE13 postcode area.

83% of certificate of lawfulness - proposed use/development applications at East Staffordshire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DE13 8JG
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use/Development
Parish
Barton-under-Needwood CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2026
Consultation end
20 October 2026
Target decision date
17 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Elsigood Architectural Limited
Architect profile
ELSIGOOD ARCHITECTURAL LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacob Paul

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Staffordshire

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