Common Lane Lichfield
7 addresses across 4 postcodes (WS14), about 200 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23401031.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Lichfield costs £2,352 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lichfield Trent Valley, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Jubilee Park, is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 89 to 97 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Westgate Practice, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 760 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 44% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 152 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Lichfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,352 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,568 | £1,829 | £2,091 | £2,352 | £2,875 | £3,397 | £3,920 | £4,704 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,540 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Lichfield.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Packington Hall, Tamworth Road: up to 28 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 89 m and 97 m above sea level (94 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS14 9GX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS14 9PU | 17% | 17% | 17% | 0% |
| WS14 9TA | 100% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| WS14 9TW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lichfield Trent Valley 888,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Lichfield City 777,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Shenstone 150,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Common Lane Botany Bay | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lichfield City Centre | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | HMP Swinfen Hall | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 22.6 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Westgate Practice | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Prescription Care Services | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lichfield Dental Centre | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Friary Centre (St Michaels Hospital) | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Police station | Lichfield Police Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tamworth Co-op - Whittington, Whittington Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Jubilee Park 8,150 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 690 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8.3 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,590 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Moor Covert | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Bog Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Ingle Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Swinfen Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| The Belt | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 7 |
3 of the street's 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Lichfield: see them on the Lichfield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Georges Cafe WS14 9PY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 18 Nov 2024 |
| ESS DMS Whittington WS14 9PY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 14 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Levett Road (8).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 44% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 52% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 74% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 39% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band D, house, detached (lodged 28 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- WS14 9PU: 3 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- WS14 9GX: 2 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- WS14 9TA: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- WS14 9TW: 1 address
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.