Holly Cottage Windmill Lane Gentleshaw Staffordshire WS15 4NF
Refused on 9 July 2026
Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Rear single storey extension to create a lounge
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Council
- Lichfield District Council
- Ward
- Longdon
- ReceivedReceived5 May
- ValidatedValidated14 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at Holly Cottage Windmill Lane Gentleshaw Staffordshire WS15 4NF. Lichfield has handled 3,801 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Lichfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Longdon. We hold 514 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The site lies 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. The extension, taken cumulatively with the existing extensions would result in a disproportionate addition over and above that of the original dwelling and would therefore constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The Local Planning Authority have attached 'substantial weight' to the harm the proposal causes to the Green Belt by virtue of inappropriateness. No case has been put forward by the applicant that there are considerations that would outweigh the harm caused to the Green Belt and therefore very special circumstances have not been demonstrated to exist. Therefore, the development is considered contrary to Paragraph 154 (c) of the NPPF and Policy NR2 of the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WS15 4NF
- Parish
- Longdon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Katherine Harvey
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Lichfield
- National Landscape (AONB): Cannock Chase
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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Source: Lichfield
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