Autosmart International Unit 9 Burntwood Business Park Zone 1 Attwood Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00887/HSC - Hazardous Substances Consent Pending Consideration

Proposal

Variation to Hazardous Substances Consent to allow the storage of 155 tonnes of Screen Wash, 40 tonnes of Methanol, and 40 tonnes of hydrofluoric acid-based cleaning products Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jul 2026
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Validated
11 Sept 2026
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Consultation
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 6 Nov 2026.

The consultation period closed on 5 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 6

SSSI about 74 m away: Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Burntwood built-up area; Green belt about 65 m away: Birmingham.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Lichfield
Application type
Hazardous Substances Consent
Postcode
WS7 3GJ
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Chasetown
Parish
Burntwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Sept 2026
Comments by
5 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lichfield
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#57 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Lichfield is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #3 out of 296. Only 10% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lichfield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #250 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #251 of 296
97%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #3 of 296
10%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #3 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
87 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
62%
Change of use approved
39 decided
716
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026