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The Old Hall Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE

26/00496/LBCRefused

Refused on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Works to listed building including the demolition of 2no conservatories and erection of 2no. extensions.

Received
16 April 2026
Ward
Colton And The Ridwares
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The Old Hall Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE. Lichfield has handled 3,798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Mavesyn Ridware conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Colton And The Ridwares. We hold 513 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development by virtue of its design, materiality and resulting relationship with the surrounding heritage assets, would result in a 'moderate degree of less than substantial harm' to these important Grade II* and Grade I listed assets and the overall significance of the Conservation area. In such instances, where harm is identified, the harm should be outweighed by clear public benefit. No public benefits have been identified which would outweigh the harm caused. The proposals would not comply with the requirements set out at S.16 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, nor with Section 16 of the NPPF, Policies CP3, CP14 and BE1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy, Policy BE2 of the Local Plan Allocations and Policy MR06 of the Mavesyn Ridware Neighbourhood Plan, the Historic Environment SPD and The Lichfield District Design code. The Council considers the works to be of an unsustainable form which does not comply with the provisions of paragraph 201 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS15 3QE
Parish
Mavesyn Ridware

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Katherine Harvey

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Mavesyn Ridware
  • 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, 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

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
    22 Apr

    Demolition of 2no conservatories and erection of 2no. extensions.

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongside26/00495/FUH
  2. 2026
    22 Apr

    Works to listed building including the demolition of 2no conservatories and erection of 2no. extensions.

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent26/00496/LBC

Source: Lichfield

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