Footsteps Day Nurseries The Hawthorns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00783/FUL - Full Application Refused
Schools, care & communityExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of a detached single storey timber cabin in the rear garden and increase the occupancy by 11 to 100 (max) children Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Jun 2026
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Validated
26 Jun 2026
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Consultation
2 Jul 2026
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Refused
28 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 28 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning design and access statement 15.6.26 Planning Statement · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 2. 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: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Full Application
Postcode
WS13 8JL
Received
25 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Leomansley
Parish
Lichfield City
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, 12 days faster than Lichfield's median of 44 for extensions. Refused, as 15% of extensions here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
329decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Lichfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Lichfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Jul 2026
Comments by
23 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
2 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

20 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Withdrawn
The Three Tuns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Erection of permanent marquee and new enclosed WC area, and creation of additional car pa…
21/01775/FUL
2021 Withdrawn
The Three Tuns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Erection of permanent marquee and new enclosed WC area, and creation of additional car pa…
21/01775/FUL
2019 Approved
The Three Tuns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Single storey rear extension to form a pizza oven and prep area
20/00141/FUL
2019 Approved
The Three Tuns Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Single storey rear extension to form a pizza oven and prep area
20/00141/FUL
2019 Approved
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Installation of various illuminated signs including fascia and freestanding.
19/01416/ADV
2019 Approved
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Installation of various illuminated signs including fascia and freestanding.
19/01416/ADV
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Installation of lighting columns to car park area
16/01049/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Installation of lighting columns to car park area
16/01049/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Amendments to application 15/00718/FUL including installation of underground sewage treat…
16/00660/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Amendments to application 15/00718/FUL including installation of underground sewage treat…
16/00660/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Retention of 2no illuminated fascia signs and 1no freestanding sign
16/00983/ADV
2016 Withdrawn
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Retention of 2no illuminated fascia signs and 1no freestanding sign
16/00983/ADV
2019 Approved
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Variation of condition no 2 of application 15/00718/FUL relating to approved plans (alter…
19/01139/FUL
2019 Approved
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Variation of condition no 2 of application 15/00718/FUL relating to approved plans (alter…
19/01139/FUL
2016 Approved
Footsteps Day Nurseries Limited Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Variation of condition 5 of planning permission 05/00746/FUL to allow for 89 children on…
16/01231/FUL
2016 Approved
Footsteps Day Nurseries Limited Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Variation of condition 5 of planning permission 05/00746/FUL to allow for 89 children on…
16/01231/FUL
2016
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Non Material Amendment : Installation of fire door to side
15/00718/AMD
2016
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Non Material Amendment : Installation of fire door to side
15/00718/AMD
2016
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Discharge of conditions 3 (part) and 4 of application 15/00718/FUL
15/00718/DISCH1
2016
The Barn At Lichfield Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JL
Discharge of conditions 3 (part) and 4 of application 15/00718/FUL
15/00718/DISCH1
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings