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Poplars Farm Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BY

26/00418/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of part of a stable building to be used as a holiday let and the formation of a new access track and alterations to an existing vehicle access

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Hammerwich With Wall
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Poplars Farm Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BY. Lichfield has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Hammerwich With Wall. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the WS14 postcode area.

79% of amendment 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 site is located within the West Midlands Green Belt wherein there is a presumption against inappropriate development. Inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should only be allowed in very special circumstances. Furthermore, very special circumstances would only exist where the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations. The proposed access with its associated activity would conflict with the purpose of including land within the Green Belt to prevent encroachment into the countryside. As such it constitutes inappropriate development within the Green Belt. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated to exist and the application should be refused in accordance with paragraph 153 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy NR2 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy.
  2. On the basis of the information submitted, the proposed vehicular access has not been adequately demonstrated. The submitted plans fail to demonstrate how a suitable access would be achieved, including details of access width, visibility splays for both vehicles and pedestrians, access construction and drainage. The application also fails to demonstrate the provision of appropriate cycle parking in accordance with adopted standards. In the absence of this information, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that a safe and suitable access can be achieved, or that the proposal would not have an unacceptable impact on highway safety.
  3. The development, by virtue of the creation of a net two holiday lets would result in harm to the integrity of the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation through additional recreational pressure arising from the scheme. In the absence of bespoke mitigation or a signed Unilateral agreement to secure necessary financial mitigation towards the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation Delivery Implementation Plans (DIPs) the harm is unacceptable and the development fails to conform with Policies CP13 (Our Natural Resources) and NR7 (Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation) of the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy (2015), the Developer Contributions SPD, the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS14 0BY
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hammerwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation start
10 April 2026
Consultation end
1 May 2026
Last date for comments
1 May 2026
Target decision date
2 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Vista Planning 36 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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