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Land At Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire

23/00481/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 25 July 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to equestrian and erection of a stable block comprising 6 stables, tack room and equipment store

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highfield
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire. Lichfield has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Highfield.

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
Burntwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
14 July 2023
Consultation start
21 June 2023
Consultation end
14 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2023
Last date for comments
14 July 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023
Permission expires
25 July 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 June 2023
Site notice start
18 May 2023
Site notice end
8 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    30 Jan

    Erection of stables and change of use of land to equestrian (re-submission of application 23/00481/COU

    RefusedChange of Use (Major)Related24/00118/COUM
  2. 2023
    26 Apr

    Change of use of land to equestrian and erection of a stable block comprising 6 stables, tack room and…

    This applicationRefusedAmendment23/00481/COU

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    14 Sep

    Agricultural determination: Creation of new track

    ApprovedAgricultural Building21/01623/ABN

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