West Midlands

Lichfield planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

96.5%

3rd of 297

33.8 points faster than England

Granted

89.1%

209th of 297

1.4 points lower than England

Extension of time

1.5%

2nd of 297

30.8 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

340

Lichfield decided 340 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 89.1%.

96.5% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (3rd of 297 for speed).

A further 1.5% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is up from 80.8% a year earlier.

Of 9 householder appeals decided in the same period, 33.3% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Lichfield against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	95.1%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	96.4%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	96.9%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	97.1%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	98.9%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	98.8%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	99.0%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	97.8%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	99.2%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	96.8%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	99.1%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	98.9%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	98.9%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	93.3%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	96.1%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	86.4%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	86.9%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	87.2%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	89.5%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	91.6%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	91.5%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	97.3%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	94.1%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	85.5%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	89.8%	9.3%	84.9%
2014 Q3	81.3%	17.7%	82.5%
2014 Q4	86.7%	10.2%	82.1%
2015 Q1	77.8%	19.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	61.7%	27.1%	80.6%
2015 Q3	30.6%	17.6%	79.2%
2015 Q4	45.5%	31.4%	80.0%
2016 Q1	72.0%	21.5%	78.3%
2016 Q2	74.0%	25.2%	79.8%
2016 Q3	63.8%	34.8%	77.7%
2016 Q4	76.4%	15.7%	78.0%
2017 Q1	66.4%	22.4%	77.3%
2017 Q2	73.4%	21.9%	78.5%
2017 Q3	71.0%	26.7%	76.1%
2017 Q4	66.4%	21.9%	77.1%
2018 Q1	61.6%	32.9%	73.7%
2018 Q2	73.0%	21.2%	74.0%
2018 Q3	77.9%	15.4%	72.7%
2018 Q4	69.1%	17.3%	72.7%
2019 Q1	74.1%	15.8%	69.9%
2019 Q2	75.9%	13.8%	72.1%
2019 Q3	68.6%	19.0%	69.6%
2019 Q4	63.2%	29.5%	71.5%
2020 Q1	58.8%	28.2%	68.4%
2020 Q2	36.8%	48.7%	63.9%
2020 Q3	40.7%	34.3%	63.8%
2020 Q4	41.0%	46.7%	65.3%
2021 Q1	41.0%	45.5%	59.4%
2021 Q2	32.6%	53.9%	58.4%
2021 Q3	48.1%	43.4%	53.1%
2021 Q4	57.3%	38.2%	53.0%
2022 Q1	71.3%	24.3%	51.6%
2022 Q2	71.6%	25.5%	56.0%
2022 Q3	65.1%	32.5%	53.3%
2022 Q4	70.5%	25.7%	54.1%
2023 Q1	60.7%	37.5%	53.5%
2023 Q2	73.1%	26.9%	58.5%
2023 Q3	65.1%	33.9%	59.0%
2023 Q4	58.2%	38.8%	59.8%
2024 Q1	53.5%	43.6%	58.8%
2024 Q2	56.0%	33.3%	64.4%
2024 Q3	69.9%	19.4%	64.2%
2024 Q4	61.3%	38.8%	65.6%
2025 Q1	90.8%	7.9%	62.1%
2025 Q2	95.8%	4.2%	65.0%
2025 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	62.5%
2025 Q4	97.6%	1.2%	64.7%
2026 Q1	95.8%	2.8%	60.6%
2026 Q2	92.2%	2.2%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Lichfield against England

Lichfield
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Lichfield	England
2008 Q1	91.7%	85.1%
2008 Q2	89.9%	86.1%
2008 Q3	89.8%	86.3%
2008 Q4	91.4%	85.3%
2009 Q1	94.3%	85.9%
2009 Q2	94.2%	86.8%
2009 Q3	93.9%	87.4%
2009 Q4	91.3%	86.9%
2010 Q1	88.0%	87.0%
2010 Q2	93.2%	88.0%
2010 Q3	92.0%	87.7%
2010 Q4	91.4%	87.5%
2011 Q1	89.1%	87.9%
2011 Q2	92.6%	88.5%
2011 Q3	91.3%	88.3%
2011 Q4	90.8%	88.3%
2012 Q1	87.5%	88.2%
2012 Q2	93.9%	89.2%
2012 Q3	87.2%	89.0%
2012 Q4	91.6%	88.9%
2013 Q1	94.0%	89.8%
2013 Q2	94.7%	90.6%
2013 Q3	95.5%	90.3%
2013 Q4	92.9%	89.6%
2014 Q1	94.7%	89.8%
2014 Q2	92.6%	90.5%
2014 Q3	95.8%	90.0%
2014 Q4	96.1%	89.2%
2015 Q1	96.8%	89.3%
2015 Q2	95.5%	90.2%
2015 Q3	96.3%	90.0%
2015 Q4	94.2%	89.2%
2016 Q1	95.3%	90.0%
2016 Q2	94.5%	90.3%
2016 Q3	97.8%	90.2%
2016 Q4	97.6%	89.7%
2017 Q1	97.2%	89.9%
2017 Q2	91.4%	90.5%
2017 Q3	96.2%	90.0%
2017 Q4	90.6%	90.1%
2018 Q1	92.5%	90.5%
2018 Q2	93.4%	91.0%
2018 Q3	87.5%	91.2%
2018 Q4	90.9%	90.5%
2019 Q1	86.3%	90.3%
2019 Q2	85.3%	91.0%
2019 Q3	83.0%	90.6%
2019 Q4	92.6%	89.8%
2020 Q1	97.6%	89.9%
2020 Q2	96.6%	90.2%
2020 Q3	90.7%	90.6%
2020 Q4	91.8%	90.3%
2021 Q1	95.5%	90.9%
2021 Q2	98.6%	91.2%
2021 Q3	96.8%	91.0%
2021 Q4	97.5%	90.1%
2022 Q1	95.7%	90.0%
2022 Q2	96.5%	90.4%
2022 Q3	98.4%	89.8%
2022 Q4	97.1%	89.4%
2023 Q1	98.2%	89.3%
2023 Q2	93.5%	89.2%
2023 Q3	96.3%	88.6%
2023 Q4	98.5%	88.2%
2024 Q1	93.1%	88.2%
2024 Q2	88.1%	89.1%
2024 Q3	87.1%	89.4%
2024 Q4	87.5%	88.6%
2025 Q1	76.3%	89.3%
2025 Q2	75.0%	90.4%
2025 Q3	89.4%	90.1%
2025 Q4	89.4%	90.1%
2026 Q1	91.5%	90.6%
2026 Q2	86.7%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks96.5%
8 to 13 weeks2.1%
13 to 26 weeks0.0%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed1.5%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	328
8 to 13 weeks	7
13 to 26 weeks	0
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	5

Appeals

Decided: 9
Allowed: 33.3%
Median wait: 16 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Lichfield has published 21 conservation areas.
Lichfield has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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