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Swinfen Hall Hotel The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RE

26/00267/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 September 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Works to listed building to enable the conversion of the basement and ground floors of the Main Hall to form 7no. dwellings (comprising 5no. apartments and 2no. houses); associated internal and external alterations including the insertion of new and replacement doors and windows, formation of new and altered openings, installation of new external steps, stairs, railings and access arrangements; installation of a new gated entrance and estate fencing to the main driveway; provision of ancillary leisure facilities including an indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room, gym and changing facilities within the basement; erection of an orangery extension to the East Bothy within the walled garden; and associated landscaping works including the planting of laurel hedges to define private garden and courtyard areas.

Received
2 March 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Bourne Vale
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 199 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Swinfen Hall Hotel The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RE. Lichfield has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 22 weeks longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Bourne Vale. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the WS14 postcode area.

76% of heritage applications at Lichfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
WS14 9RE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swinfen And Packington

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
23 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MJP Planning Limited The Boathouse Design Studio 27 Ferry Road Teddington TW11 9NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026
Site notice start
13 March 2026
Site notice end
3 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
37
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, conservation areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Mar

    Conversion of the basement and ground floors of the Main Hall to form 7no. dwellings (comprising 5no…

    ApprovedChange of UseFiled alongside26/00266/COU
  2. 2026
    2 Mar

    Works to listed building to enable the conversion of the basement and ground floors of the Main Hall to form…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/00267/LBC

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