Gravelly Bank Farm Yoxall Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3SD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01254/CLE - Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Pending Consideration

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for the use of land for the stationing of one static caravan for residential occupation as a dwelling (Use Class C3) (Sch1) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:11

Application progress

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Received

15 Oct 2026

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Validated

16 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

21 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 11 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 1827 m away: Willington C Gas Pipeline; Priority habitat about 4 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate 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: Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Postcode: WS15 3SD
Received: 15 Oct 2026
Validated: 16 Oct 2026
Ward: Colton And The Ridwares
Parish: Hamstall Ridware
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 21 Oct 2026
Consultation: 21 Oct 2026
Comments by: 11 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Dec 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%).

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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