Brewhouse And Kitchen 1 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first and second floors of public house to provide short stay visitor accommodation and associated works Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Sept 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 4
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Site constraints 7
Show all 41 with distances
- 8 mNumbers 15 Bird Street and 2 Sandford StreetGrade II
- 13 m17 Bird StreetGrade II
- 23 m6, Sandford StreetGrade II
- 31 mGeorge HotelGrade II*
- 32 mKing's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 35 mThree Spires HouseGrade II
- 36 m9, Sandford StreetGrade II
- 37 m9 and 11, Bird StreetGrade II
- 41 mNumber 10 Bird Street and Numbers 1 and 1a Market StreetGrade II
- 42 m23 Bird StreetGrade II
- 43 mRuskinsGrade II
- 47 m3, Market StreetGrade II
- 49 mGeorgian HouseGrade II
- 50 m25, Bird StreetGrade II
- 52 m15, Sandford StreetGrade II
- 56 m6 AND 8, BIRD STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 57 m27 Bird StreetGrade II
- 57 m26, Bird StreetGrade II
- 62 m7, Market StreetGrade II
- 67 mSamuel's Public HouseGrade II
- 71 m1, Bird StreetGrade II
- 75 m11 and 13, Market StreetGrade II
- 78 mThe SwanGrade II
- 79 m32 and 34, Bird StreetGrade II
- 91 m15 and 17, Market StreetGrade II
- 97 m28, Sandford StreetGrade II
- 105 m16 and 16a, Market StreetGrade II
- 112 m4 Bore StreetGrade II
- 113 mMinster HouseGrade II
- 114 mFormer St Mary's Infants' SchoolGrade II
- 123 m8, Bore StreetGrade II
- 124 m10, Bore StreetGrade II
- 126 m22, Market StreetGrade II
- 127 mThe Scales Public HouseGrade II
- 135 m17, Bore StreetGrade II
- 140 m19, 19a and 21, Bore StreetGrade II
- 140 m9 and 11, St John StreetGrade II
- 141 mLichfield College and Lichfield LibraryGrade II
- 149 m28, Market StreetGrade II
- 149 mK6 Telephone Kiosk by Garden Wall of Number 20Grade II
- 150 m16, Bore StreetGrade II
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 £1,060,000 in September 2016. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lichfield
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Postcode
- WS13 6PW
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Leomansley
- Parish
- Lichfield City
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Refuse
- Decision date
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 38% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Lichfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Lichfield decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 10 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 31 Aug 2026
- Site or press notice
- 10 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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.
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