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Former Shenstone Post Office 1A Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LZ

15/01050/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 November 2015

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use and two storey rear extensions and alterations to form 2 apartments (amendment to application 14/01004/COU)

Received
9 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shenstone
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Shenstone Post Office 1A Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LZ. Lichfield has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Shenstone conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Shenstone. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the WS14 postcode area.

79% of amendment applications at Lichfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WS14 0LZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shenstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2015
Consultation expiry
21 October 2015
Consultation start
30 September 2015
Consultation end
21 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
30 September 2015
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2015
Last date for comments
21 October 2015
Target decision date
4 November 2015
Permission expires
2 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Withy Hill Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham West Midlands B75 6HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04480693
Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Shenstone
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2015
    9 Sep

    Change of use and two storey rear extensions and alterations to form 2 apartments (amendment to application…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment15/01050/COU
  2. 2014
    14 Oct

    Change of use and two storey rear extensions and alterations to form 2 apartments (including demolition of…

    ApprovedChange of UsePart of14/01004/COU

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