Stelwood Lunns Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6SQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00979/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Pending Consideration

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Use of property as a residential children's home for one child (Sch1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
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Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Oct 2026, from Lichfield's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 7 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 3

SSSI about 114 m away: Stowe Pool and Walk Mill Clay Pit 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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 113 m away: Cathedral Close and Linear Park, Lichfield; Inside the Lichfield built-up area.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £150,000 in March 2018. Other property, freehold.

1 March 2018£150,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Lichfield
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Postcode
WS13 6SQ
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Stowe
Parish
Lichfield City
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 55, past Lichfield's usual 54 days for changes of use. 93% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 3 Dec 2026.

Day 551 days to the 56-day target
83%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
44decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
7 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.