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14 Birch Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HH

25/01323/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 15 December 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

New pitched roof on existing garage/gym

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boney Hay And Central
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 14 Birch Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HH. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Boney Hay And Central. We hold 873 applications in total for the WS7 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 construction of this two storey outbuilding/roof would represent poor design and is considered an out of scale addition, especially the first floor, for a typical domestic outbuilding in this location. The resulting impact of this proposed building, is only 3m from the common boundary, increases the feeling of overbearing and enclosure on the small rear garden of number 13 Acorn Close. The consequences of this building also has an adverse impact on light to this house as sun light moves around the rear of the house during the day. The building is considered contrary to Core Policy 3 (Delivering Sustainable Development) and Policy BE1 (High Quality Development) of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy (2015), Policy B5 of the Burntwood Neighbourhood Plan , the guidance in the Sustainable Development SPD, the adopted Lichfield Design Code and the guidance contained in the in the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS7 2HH
Application type
Full Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burntwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Consultation start
21 October 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Last date for comments
20 November 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
15 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 October 2025
Site notice end
20 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
10

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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© 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. 2026
    12 May

    Replace flat roof with new pitched roof over existing garage/gym (Re-submission of 25/01323/FUH

    ApprovedHouseholderRelated26/00562/FUH
  2. 2025
    17 Oct

    New pitched roof on existing garage/gym

    This applicationRefusedFull25/01323/FUH

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