The Old House Out Buildings Deanslade Farm Claypit Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG Data via plota.co.uk

25/01506/COU - Section 73 Refused

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (Hours of operation) to permission of to vary approved opening hours of the yoga and fitness studio Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
10 Dec 2025
✓
Consultation
12 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
19 Jan 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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; Inside the Lichfield built-up area; 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Section 73
Postcode
WS14 0AG
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
St Johns
Parish
Lichfield City
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Feb 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
19 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
12 Dec 2025
Comments by
6 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
16 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
4 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
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