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Land South of Highfields Road, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 4SZ

SCC/26/0032/CONConsultation with Staffordshire County CouncilApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONS

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lichfield District Council consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission (with all matters reserved except access onto Highfield Road) for up to 430 homes (Use Class C3), public open space, pedestrian and cycle links, play area, drainage, landscaping, and all other associated works including the demolition of existing farm buildings (ref. 26/00236/OUTMEI).

Received
27 February 2026
Ward
Lichfield Rural South ED, Burntwood South ED
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land South of Highfields Road, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 4SZ. Staffordshire has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Lichfield Rural South ED, Burntwood South ED. We hold 873 applications in total for the WS7 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Staffordshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WS7 4SZ
Application type
Consultation with Staffordshire County Council
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
430
Parish
Hammerwich
District
Lichfield District

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000015938

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: LichfieldPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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: Staffordshire

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