Black Horse Inn Main Road Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00421/COU - Change of Use Approved

Proposal

Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to residential (C3) and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2026
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Validated
9 Apr 2026
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Consultation
7 May 2026
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Approved
1 Jun 2026

Approved on 1 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Mease SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Special area of conservation about 326 m away: River Mease; SSSI about 326 m away: River Mease SSSI; Inside the Edingale built-up area; Priority habitat about 42 m away: Traditional orchard; 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
Lichfield
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
B79 9HY
Received
31 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Apr 2026
Ward
Mease Valley
Parish
Edingale
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
1 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 62% of changes of use here are.

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
7 May 2026
Comments by
28 May 2026
Site or press notice
16 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 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