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Dismissed4 September 20253360606

Bromley Hayes Garden Centre, Shaw Lane, Rileyhill, Lichfield, WS13 8HW

Planning appeal 3360606 at Bromley Hayes Garden Centre, Shaw Lane, Rileyhill, Lichfield, WS13 8HW (Lichfield District Council) was dismissed on 4 September 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the effect on trees.

for the proposed demolition of the existing building consisting of a retail garden centre (Class E) to facilitate the redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use of offices, plant storage and ancillary industrial and Research and Development uses (Resubmission of Planning Application 22/01126/FULM)

Authority
Lichfield District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector
Plenty B
Postcode
WS13 8HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the effect on trees
  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of adjacent residential occupiers of the marina, with particular respect to noise
  • Whether the proposal would result in adverse flood risk effects

What decided it

The harm to character and appearance of the area, particularly the rural character of the site through the scale and height of proposed buildings, extensive hardstanding, and loss of mature tree cover, outweighed the modest socioeconomic and environmental benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 1Core Policy 3Policy NR1Policy BE1Policy NR4CP3

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