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11 Field Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RU

25/01289/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 21 November 2025

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

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Proposal

Installation of front driveway gates

Received
15 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Curborough
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 11 Field Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RU. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Lichfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Curborough. We hold 511 applications in total for the WS13 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 location of the proposed gates would likely result in vehicles partially obstructing the carriageway (Footpath and carriageway) whilst the gates are opened, due to the lack of adequate set back to allow vehicles fully off of the carriageway. This is a particular concern given the proximity to a road junction and would not be in the interest of pedestrian and highway safety. This is therefore to contrary to policies CP3, BE1 and ST2 of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy, Guidance in the design code and the NPPF.
  2. The construction of the driveway gates would create further harmful form of enclosure and unhelpful visual precedent within this open plan estate which is characterised by minimal boundary interventions, lawned and planted areas which are distinctive within this locality. The development is therefore considered contrary to policies CP3, BE1, the Lichfield Design Code and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS13 7RU
Application type
Full Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lichfield City

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Consultation start
21 October 2025
Consultation end
7 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 November 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025
Permission expires
21 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 October 2025
Site notice end
12 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Dec

    Installation of front driveway gates (Resubmission of 25/01289/FUH

    ApprovedHouseholderRelated25/01576/FUH
  2. 2025
    15 Oct

    Installation of front driveway gates

    This applicationRefusedFull25/01289/FUH

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