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4 Walnut Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UU

26/00071/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Two storey rear extension, first floor side extension, new garden room and new detached garage. Solar panels to roofs.

Received
16 January 2026
Ward
Boley Park
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 4 Walnut Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UU. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Boley Park. 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 development, by reason of its excessive cumulative scale, bulk, massing and siting, would result in a disproportionate and visually dominant form of development that would fail to remain subordinate to the host dwelling. In particular, the first floor side extension would erode the visual spacing between properties and result in an overdevelopment of the site, causing harm to the character and appearance of the dwelling and surrounding street scene. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CP3 and BE1 of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy and the design objectives set out within the Lichfield District Design Code and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed first floor side extension, by reason of its excessive scale, height, proximity to the shared boundary and the elevated position of the application site, would result in an overbearing and oppressive form of development causing unacceptable harm to the residential amenity of neighbouring occupiers through loss of outlook, overshadowing and loss of light. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CP3 and BE1 of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy, the Council's Sustainable Design SPD and Lichfield District Design Code and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS14 9UU
Application type
Full Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lichfield City

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
31 March 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Your Property Team Office 1 The Museum St Peter's Hill Grantham NG31 6PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 April 2026
Site notice end
23 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
19
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.

  • 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.

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.

Source: Lichfield

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