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Land next to statue of Aethelflaed Castle Grounds Holloway Tamworth Staffordshire

0056/2026FullApproved

Approved on 4 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of an additional lighting column and spotlights

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land next to statue of Aethelflaed Castle Grounds Holloway Tamworth Staffordshire. Tamworth has handled 1,054 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Tamworth's typical decision time. The site is in the Tamworth, Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Castle.

98% of full applications at Tamworth Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full
Development type
Assembly and Leisure
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026
Application expires
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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