Hammerwich House Farm Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00128/ABN - Agricultural Building Refused

Proposal

Agricultural Determination: Creation of agricultural yard with associated hardstanding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
3 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
2 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Inside the Hammerwich built-up area; Green belt about 55 m away: Birmingham; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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
Agricultural Building
Postcode
WS7 0JP
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Hammerwich With Wall
Parish
Hammerwich
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required and Refused
Decision date
2 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 7 days faster than Lichfield's median of 35 for prior approvals. Refused, as 25% of prior approvals here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
40decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Lichfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Lichfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Feb 2026
Comments by
4 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Mar 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