Barn At Spinney Farm Footherley Lane Lower Stonnall Lichfield Staffordshire WS9 9HX
Refused on 30 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Prior Notification: Change of use of agricultural building to form 1no. new dwelling
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lichfield District Council
- Ward
- Shenstone
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn At Spinney Farm Footherley Lane Lower Stonnall Lichfield Staffordshire WS9 9HX. Lichfield has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Shenstone. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the WS9 postcode area.
75% of outline 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
- The level of alteration, structural and construction works required to create 1 No. dwelling would go well beyond what could reasonably described as a conversion with the works proposed being so extensive as to comprise a rebuilding. It is therefore concluded that the works necessary to create a dwelling from the structure on site would not fall within the scope of that which is permissible under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) and the National Planning Policy Practice Guidance.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WS9 9HX
- Application type
- Prior Notification Dwellling
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shenstone
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- TWB Town Planning Consultants Ltd 20 Thirlmere Gardens Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 1FN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Lichfield
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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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.
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