Rosewood House 19 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 25/01389/CLP
Date received
5 Nov 2025
Date validated
11 Nov 2025
Postcode
B74 4HL

Description

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Use of dwelling house as a residential institution (use class C2) for up to 3 residents Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 332.

Day 332, past the statutory target. 100% of lawful development certificates in Lichfield are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 332276 days past the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
63decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 9

Little Aston conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
National nature reserve about 174 m away: Sutton Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 174 m away: Sutton Park SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 177 m away: Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park; Nature recovery project: Purple Horizons; Registered park or garden about 178 m away: Sutton Park; Inside the Streetly built-up area; Air quality management area about 29 m away: Birmingham AQMA.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 8 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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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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for householder decisions
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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