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25/01483/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 3no Padel tennis courts, facilities building, fencing, flood lighting and associated works (amendment to ) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 10:37

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

11 Dec 2025

✓

Consultation

12 Dec 2025

✓

Approved

3 Feb 2026

✗

Appeal dismissed

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 3 Feb 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Lichfield Planning Committee on 2 Feb 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the amended courts would support recreation without material harm.
Consultees raised no objections overall, and no neighbour representations were received.
The committee approved the application in line with the recommendation, while requesting consultation with the historic park in future cases.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Lichfield's committee minutes of 2 Feb 2026.

Documents 35

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Ful decision Decision Notice · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 17

Site constraints 5

Registered park or garden about 85 m away: Cathedral Close and Linear Park, Lichfield

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area about 36 m away: Lichfield City; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Lichfield built-up area; Green belt about 87 m away: Birmingham.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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: Full Application
Received: 1 Dec 2025
Validated: 11 Dec 2025
Ward: Leomansley
Parish: Lichfield City
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Feb 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 3 Feb 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Appeal: Dismissed · 1 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004632 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 74% of full applications here are.

This one54d

Council54d

UK56d

78%decided within 8 weeks

74%approved

196decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 22 Jan 2026
Consultation: 12 Dec 2025
Comments by: 29 Jan 2026
Site or press notice: 8 Jan 2026
Committee: 2 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Feb 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

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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