Below is details of an appeal submission we have received which may be of particular public interest.
Horner Avenue, Fradley
An application for the erection of 109 houses was refused by Lichfield District Councils Planning Committee at its meeting on 29th July 2024. Details of the application, including the decision notice, can be viewed by using the application number 22/00106/FULM in our application search function https://planning.lichfielddc.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple
30 January 2025 - the applicants Vistry Homes Ltd / Greenlight Developments Ltd have submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate requesting that an appeal is heard via a public inquiry. The Inspectorate will now consider the submissions and confirm in due course if the appeal is valid and what route the appeal proceedings will follow. Once validated, the Planning Inspectorate will provide the Council with a start date. Once the start date is received, the appeal documents will be available on the Councils website for viewing.
20 May 2020 - we have received notification from the Planning Inspectorate that the appeal has now started. The Inspector appointed to decide the appeal is A Partington BA (Hons) MA MRTPI, and the hearing will open at 10am on Tuesday 5 August 2025. It is anticipated that the hearing will sit for one day and the format of the event will be face to face This will be held at District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield.
If anybody would like to make any comments to the Inspector, they must do so within five weeks of the starting date, by 18 June 2025. Letters informing residents of the appeal dates will be posted out this week. You do not need to have received a letter to engage in the appeal. If comments are submitted after the deadline, the Inspector will not normally look at them and they will be returned. All comments must be submitted directly to the Planning Inspectorate via their website or postal address. The reference APP/K3415/W/25/3359731 should be used.
www.gov.uk/planning-inspectorate
Planning Inspectorate, 3/C Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN
The appeal documents can be found by searching the Councils case reference 25/00001/REF in the appeal search function https://planning.lichfielddc.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Appeal