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2 Abraham Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9FW

26/00305/FUHFull Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension, garage conversion

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
St Johns
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2 Abraham Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9FW. Lichfield has handled 1,745 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across St Johns. 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 single-storey rear extension and conversion/extension works, by reason of its height, depth, scale and the related proximity to the neighbouring boundary, would result in an unacceptable loss of light, an overbearing impact and unwelcome sense of enclosure to the detriment of the main habitable space and the residential amenity especially by way of outlook and visual impact to the adjoining occupiers. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CP3 and BE1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy, the Sustainable Design SPD, the Lichfield Design Code and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Making Plans Architecture Ivy Lodge Twyford Road Willington DE65 6DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

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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© 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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