Land East Of Lichfield Road Little Haywood Stafford Staffordshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/41603/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use to dog walking field and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
23 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
19 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
19 May 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
7 Sept 2026

Refused on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Forebridge conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Stafford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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
Stafford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
ST17 4ER
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Haywood And Hixon
Parish
Colwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 7 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6011209 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 120 days from validation, 43 days slower than Stafford's median of 77 for changes of use. Refused, as 25% of changes of use here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Stafford in the last twelve months, from validation. Stafford decision record →

Public comments

22comments received
1 objecting1 neutral20 supporting

91% support · above the UK average of 16%

33 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
11 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
Stafford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#278 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Stafford is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #290 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Stafford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #227 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #195 of 296
26%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #290 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #245 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
26 decided
512
Total decisions
84 refused in the year to March 2026