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4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

Refused Lichfield 26/00498/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Construction of new garage outbuilding and new vehicle access on private drive onto private land.

As published by the council, reference 26/00498/CLP

Application record

Reference
26/00498/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness refused
Received
16 Apr 2026
Validated
17 Apr 2026
Decided
20 May 2026
Ward
Shenstone
Parish
Shenstone
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WS14 0JA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lichfield register

This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00798/CLP Granted

    4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Construction of new garage outbuilding and new vehicle access on private drive onto private land (Re-submission of 26/00498/CLP)

    Decided 15 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 22/01544/FUH Granted

    4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

    Creation of basement accommodation with subterranean light-well and erection of side access steps and amendments to previously approved scheme (21/01691/FUH) including installation of additional windows and changes to chimney

    Decided 11 Jan 2023 Householder
  • 22/01235/TPO Granted

    4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

    Fell 1no Horse Chestnut (T1)

    Decided 1 Sep 2022 Trees
  • 22/00866/TPO Withdrawn

    4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

    T1- fell and remove Pine T2- fell and remove silver birch

    Decided 3 Aug 2022 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Apr 2026

    Received by Lichfield

  2. 17 Apr 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 May 2026

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness refused

  4. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/00798/CLP Granted

    4 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed): Construction of new garage outbuilding and new vehicle access on private drive onto private land (Re-submission of 26/00498/CLP)

    Decided 15 Jul 2026 Lawful development

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

C/O Whitbrook Development & Architecture Limited Applicant, an architecture practice

2 applications on PlanIndex

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

1 document on file for this application

  • Clp decision Decision Notice · 20 May 2026

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What this refusal means

Lichfield refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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