Planning application
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of a substation and associated infrastructure
As published by the council, reference 25/00768/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00768/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 19 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 20 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Longdon
- Parish
- Curborough And Elmhurst
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lichfield register
This site has had 9 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 2 refused.
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26/00668/REMM Awaiting decision
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of permission 25/00178/REMM to allow the partial replan of Phases E and G on the approved phasing plan and a complete replan of Phases F and J (bringing the total number of dwellings to 705)
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26/00393/FUL Awaiting decision
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Application under section 106a of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to modify the mortgage the Exclusion Clause set out in the Section 106 agreement of application 14/00057/OUTMEI to plots 35-46; 53-68; 127-140; 154-159; 163-168; 173-174; 185-190; 201-2017; and 211-212, Watery Lane, Lichfield
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25/00144/FUL Granted
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 of permission 19/00732/OUTMEI relating to implementation of development (Condition 2 to read "the development in any relevant phase hereby approved shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from 13th February 2017 (the date of the granting of 14/00057/OUTMEI), or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last reserved matter to be approved for the first phase, whichever is the later.")
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24/01285/FULM Withdrawn
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Section 73 application to vary Condition 17 permission 19/00732/OUTMEI relating to providing a scheme of highway improvements for the junction of Watery Lane and Eastern Avenue
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24/00492/OUTMEI Refused
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Section 73 application to vary conditions 16 and 17 of permission 19/00732/OUTMEI relating to the submission of a scheme highway improvements
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24/00491/FUL Refused
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Formation of a temporary bell mouth access on to Watery Lane
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23/00780/ADV Granted
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Retention of free standing hoarding sign
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22/00215/REMM Granted
Land North East Of Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for Local Centre (Phase M) pursuant to Section 73 permission 19/00732/OUTMEI (Variation of conditions 2, 3, 6, 9, 23, 29, 31, 33, 34 of application 14/00057/OUTMEI)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jun 2025
Received by Lichfield
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20 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approve
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Lichfield granted permission on 18 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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