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62 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU

26/00121/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and extensions to existing dormer bungalow.

Received
1 December 2025
Ward
Hammerwich With Wall
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 62 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Hammerwich With Wall. 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 proposed two storey extension to rear by virtue of its height and degree of projection would cut a line drawn at 45 degrees drawn from the middle of the patio windows at No60 and extend beyond that line by approximately 1.4m. This would substantially reduce the levels of daylight and sunlight to the main opening of a habitable room at No60 Highfields Road to the detriment of the residential amenities of the occupiers, contrary to Policies BE1 and CP3 of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework. The open sided balcony in the proposed two storey rear extension would allow direct views at short distance into the private amenity space of No 60 Highfields Road which would significantly reduce privacy and have a significant overbearing and oppressive impact on the occupiers of No 60 contrary to Policies BE1 and CP3 of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS7 4QU
Application type
Full Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hammerwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
29 January 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Foster Architecture & Design 3 Shaw Croft Sheriffhales, Shifnal Shropshire Shifnal TF11 8SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 February 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
13
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.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Lichfield

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