Flat Above Whittington Heath Golf Club Common Lane Whittington Heath Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9GX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01132/COU - Change of Use Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use from residential flat to commercial offices Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 Sept 2026
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Validated
15 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 8 Nov 2026, from Lichfield's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Whittington (Lichfield) built-up area; Priority habitat about 21 m away: Lowland heathland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Lichfield
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
WS14 9GX
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Whittington And Streethay
Parish
Whittington And Fisherwick
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Lichfield usually decides changes of use by day 54.

Day 2432 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
16 Sept 2026
Comments by
9 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lichfield
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#57 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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