Home related theft is on the rise across the country - there are however simple and effective ways to protect your home and make it a less attractive target and make Lichfield District an ever safer place to live. Enter our competition to win a range of fantastic prizes including a home alarm system worth over £2,000! Find out more about how to protect your home and enter our fantastic competition before Friday 14 August at midnight.

We’ve recently experienced several fires at the BIFFA waste processing facility in Aldridge caused by vapes or batteries being incorrectly disposed of in household waste bins. It is really important not to put vapes in your household bins as they contain built-in batteries which become extremely dangerous when compacted. Under pressure, batteries can ignite - and that's exactly what has happened.

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Request a planning history search

This form allows you to request a planning history of a property or a site.

The search will only identify consents from 1st April 1974 onwards.

This service will cost £50. A response will be returned within 10 working days.

We will email you the results unless you specifically ask for us to post it to you as part of this form.

Please have your debit/credit card with you before you begin.

Please note

Should you seek whether your property has its permitted development rights , please identify this in the 'any other information' section of the form.
Should you also wish to view any approved / refused drawings/plans received pre 2005 please identify this in the 'Any other information' section of the form.
Should you wish copies of a decision notices please complete our planning decision notice request form.