Planning application
Land North Of Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Proposal
Outline planning application for the demolition of 64 Back Lane and existing garage associated Highfields and construction of up to 72 dwellings, with access, landscaping, sustainable drainage features and associated infrastructure. All matters are reserved except for primary vehicular access from Back Lane via realignment to the southern section of Huddlesford Lane
As published by the council, reference 25/01341/OUTM
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01341/OUTM
- Type
- Outline Application (Major)
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 24 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Whittington And Streethay
- Parish
- Whittington And Fisherwick
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Oct 2025
Received by Lichfield
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27 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 January 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Lichfield took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
128 documents on file for this application
- Final planning report
- _ staffordshire highways
- Draft section 106 agreement
- Planning committee 27 april 2026 (v1).pdf
- _neighbour response
- Supports
- Supports
- Illustrative landscape masterplan
- Illustrative framework plan
- P25-0188_de_005_d_04 land use and access parameters plan
- Draft p25-0188_en_0002_c open space typologies plan.pdf
- _ archaeology officer - scc
- Impact plan land north of back lane 202602034
- Naturespace best practice principles march 2021
- Naturespace gcn mitigation principles november 2021
- Nsp report land north of back lane 202602034
- Natural england comments
- Policy and strategy comments- sports contributions
- _great crested newt officer
- Design and access statement version2 260205
- _natural england
- Cover letter for response to heritage and pc
- 2109_260205_whittington_heritage response
- _ staffordshire highways
- _ ecology manager - ldc
- _great crested newt officer
- Sport england calculator contribution request
- Shra
- _ conservation officer - ldc
- Conservation offr comments
- _staffordshire and stoke-on-trent integrated care board
- Objects
- _ housing strategy officer-ldc
- Addendum to ecia
- Supports
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- 22574-fld-0101-c-flood risk assesment
- Objects
- Objects
- Objects
- Mr david walton
- Supports
- Objects
- _ arboricultural officer - ldc
- Supports
- Objects
- Objects
- _ spatial policy and delivery officer - ldc
- Objects
- _neighbour response
- Additional ecology and gcn details
- _ environmental health officer - ldc
- Objects
- Supports
- Supports
- Objects
- Objects
- Objects
- _ school organisation - scc
- Supports
- Mr duncan fisher
- _ ecology manager - ldc
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- _national grid electricity
- Supports
- Objects
- Supports
- Objects
- Objects
- Objects
- Objects
- Supports
- Supports
- Supports
- Objects
- _staffordshire ramblers
- Objects
- _ parks and leisure services - ldc
- Objects
- Supports
- _great crested newt officer
- _ severn trent water
- Objects
- _staffordshire planning
- Supports
- Supports
- Objects
- Objects
- _sport england
- _national gas transmission
- _ staffordshire county council rights of way
- _staffordshire fire and rescue service
- _ joint waste officer-ldc
- Applicationformredacted
- P25-0188_de_005_b_01 site location plan
- P25-0188_de_005_14 existing location plan
- Ep031_sce_whittington_final_23102025
- 20250710 255558 huddlesford lane_whittington aq assessment p01
- 5444-rps-xx-ex-rp-ar-9104 aia p02
- 2109_251020_whittington_hia
- T25569 tp rev a
- Landscape & visual appraisal (lva)p25-0188 whittington lva
- Lva appendix a - methodology
- Lva appendix b - context baseline views (cbvs)
- Lva figure 1 - site location plan
- Lva figure 2 - aerial site location plan
- Lva figure 3 - environmental designations plan
- Lva figure 4 - topography plan
- Lva figure 5 - landscape character plan
- Lva figure 6 - screened zone of theoretical visibility (sztv) plan
- Lva figure 7 - viewpoint location plan
- 22574-mlti-0401-a-sustainability statement
- 22574-env-0402-a-waste audit
- P25-0188_de_005_c_04 land use and access parameters plan
- Ep031_affhousing_whittington_final_231025
- Ep031_planstat_whittington_final_231025
- Lva appendix c - illustrative landscape masterplan
- 03_nc_ldc_ep031_241025
- 22574-geo-0401-a-phase i geo-environmental desk study.pdf
- T25569 ta rev a.pdf
- Rse_9059_r2_v1_ecia_.pdf
- Rse 9059 bia v3r3.xlsm
- P25-0188_gd001c whittington das.pdf
- 22574-util-0701-a-utilities assessment.pdf
- 22574-fld-0101-a-flood risk assesment.pdf
- 22574-env-0401-a-acoustic assessment.pdf
- 2109_251016_whittington_dba.pdf
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Lichfield for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Lichfield decided outline applications in a median of 199 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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