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Lichfield

In the last 12 months, 89.6% of householder applications were approved in Lichfield (259 decided). A typical householder decision takes about seven weeks (median 51 days).

Full planning applications: 77.2% approved (127 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-20–2026-07-03): 84.4% of 2,538 decisions approved.

2,970Total applications
2,141Approved
397Refused
124Withdrawn
285Pending
84.4%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,969Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,097 976 121
89.0%
Full Planning Application 402 305 97
75.9%
Listed Building Consent 190 168 22
88.4%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 182 152 30
83.5%
Change of Use 143 107 36
74.8%
Prior Approval (Other) 138 117 21
84.8%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 95 82 13
86.3%
Advertisement Consent 79 74 5
93.7%
Agricultural Building 57 49 8
86.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 50 36 14
72.0%
Outline Planning 28 11 17
39.3%
Full Planning (Major) 25 19 6
76.0%
High Speed Two 18 18 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 16 14 2
87.5%
Telecommunications 5 3 2
60.0%
High Speed Two 2a 4 4 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 3 1 2
33.3%
Vary / Modify S106 Agreement 2 2 0
100.0%
Discharge of Conditions 1 1 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 1 0 1
0.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 180 166
92.2%
2023-Q4 162 150
92.6%
2024-Q1 188 166
88.3%
2024-Q2 211 177
83.9%
2024-Q3 196 164
83.7%
2024-Q4 209 174
83.3%
2025-Q1 195 148
75.9%
2025-Q2 247 187
75.7%
2025-Q3 211 177
83.9%
2025-Q4 204 176
86.3%
2026-Q1 196 156
79.6%
2026-Q2 88 68
77.3%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Stowe 257 227 30
88.3%
Little Aston And Stonnall 233 179 54
76.8%
Whittington And Streethay 210 187 23
89.0%
Alrewas And Fradley 179 153 26
85.5%
Longdon 167 133 34
79.6%
St Johns 148 124 24
83.8%
Leomansley 144 137 7
95.1%
Armitage With Handsacre 139 113 26
81.3%
Hammerwich With Wall 134 110 24
82.1%
Bourne Vale 123 96 27
78.0%
Shenstone 93 76 17
81.7%
Colton And The Ridwares 91 77 14
84.6%
Planning guides

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