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Barn At Church Farm Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire

20/01685/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 April 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural to storage and distribution (Use Class B8) (Retention of works completed)

Received
25 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whittington And Streethay
Agent
CT Planning
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Barn At Church Farm Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire. Lichfield has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Whittington And Streethay.

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

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittington And Fisherwick

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2020
Consultation expiry
27 March 2021
Consultation start
4 March 2021
Consultation end
27 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
5 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
28 January 2021
Last date for comments
27 March 2021
Target decision date
10 February 2021
Decision issued
26 April 2021
Permission expires
26 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
CT Planning
Agent address
Three Spires House Station Road Lichfield WS13 6HX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Lichfield
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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