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Stelwood Lunns Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6SQ

26/00559/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of detached dwelling from Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Use Class C2 (Residential Institution)

Received
1 May 2026
Ward
Stowe
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Stelwood Lunns Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6SQ. Lichfield has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Stowe. We hold 511 applications in total for the WS13 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 applicant has failed to submit sufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority to fully assess the impact of the proposed C2 residential institution on the amenities of neighbouring occupiers. In particular, no Noise Assessment, Noise Management Plan or equivalent supporting information has been provided to demonstrate that the operation of the use would not result in unacceptable levels of noise and disturbance arising from staffing arrangements, visitor activity, vehicle movements and the day-to-day operation of the development. In the absence of such information, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposal would safeguard the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers and therefore the proposal is contrary to Policy BE1 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008-2029 and the amenity objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WS13 6SQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lichfield City

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026
Consultation expiry
4 June 2026
Consultation start
6 May 2026
Consultation end
27 May 2026
Last date for comments
4 June 2026
Target decision date
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HOMZ UK
Agent address
170 Kennington Lane London SE11 5DP

Planning decision

Case officer
Jessica Cliffe
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 May 2026
Site notice end
4 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

Source: Lichfield

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