New Hayes Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HB

1. 1.The siting and arrangement of the proposed panels would result in visual clutter along the front elevation roof slope of the property. This would fail to respect the character of the converted rural building and the context of its surroundings. The proposal would result in poor design which would be contrary to policies CP14 and BE1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy, the Lichfield District Design Code, the Historic Environment SPD and paragraph 135 of the NPPF.
2. 2.The planning system gives significant weight to the need to support energy efficiency allow carbon heating improvements to existing buildings and to fight the causes of climate change. However, that support is not unqualified and sustainability has to be considered in the round having regard to the policies in the NPPF taken as a whole as well as local policy. In this respect it is considered that the application building is set within an historic landscape, which although undesignated nevertheless warrants to be considered as a non-designated heritage asset. Accordingly, the proposal should be assessed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 216 of the National Planning Policy Framework which requires a balanced judgement to be had having regard to the 'scale of any harm or loss and the significance of the heritage asset'. In this instance the applicant has not submitted a heritage statement which describes the significance of the non-designated heritage asset affected and the impact of the proposal on that asset and therefore sufficient information to allow a proper assessment of the proposal against the requirements of paragraph 216.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WS13 8HB

Parish

Curborough And Elmhurst

Date validated

3 June 2026

Consultation end

28 July 2026

Applicant

Private applicant

Case officer

Katherine Harvey

Documents

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