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Whittington House 8 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LH

25/00891/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 7 November 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of Oak framed Garage

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whittington And Streethay
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Whittington House 8 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LH. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Whittington conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Whittington And Streethay. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the WS14 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Lichfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed detached garage, by virtue of its design, position and the materials used would cause less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the listed building (Whittington House). The use of timber would have a poor visual relationship with the host building and its position, being forward of the front elevation of the property, would detract from the overall appearance of this listed building and the setting of the Conservation Area. No public benefit has been identified with would outweigh the substantial harm identified in this case . Therefore, the application is considered to be contrary to polices CP3, CP14 and BE1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy, Policy BE2 of the Local Plan Allocations, Policies D1, D2 and HE1 of the Whittington and Fisherwick Neighbourhood Plan 2018, the Historic Environment SPD, the Lichfield District Design Code, failing the requirements of both S.72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act and design and heritage policies contained within the NPPF.
  2. The garage/ foundations would be located within the immediate vicinity of the protected trees and the details around the construction methodology are not considered sufficient to alleviate concerns around the impact of the building. Given the limited information provided, the applicant has not positively demonstrated that there would be no impact on the TPO preserved trees in terms of the garage located within the immediate vicinity of the protected area of the trees. . Therefore, the application would be considered contrary to policies CP3, BE1 and NR4 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy, Policies D1, D2 and HE1 of the Whittington and Fisherwick Neighbourhood Plan 2018, the trees and Landscaping SPD and policies contained within the NPPF 2 25/00891/FUH

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS14 9LH
Application type
Full Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittington And Fisherwick

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
23 October 2025
Consultation start
15 September 2025
Consultation end
8 October 2025
Last date for comments
23 October 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025
Permission expires
7 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
23 October 2025

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00028/REF
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

6001855
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
6

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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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