Hedgerow North Of School Lane Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00753/HED - Hedgerow Removal Notice Pending Consideration

Proposal

Removal of a section of hedgerow (8 metres) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Validated
19 Jun 2026
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Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Jul 2026

As of 4 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Hill Ridware built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Lichfield
Application type
Hedgerow Removal Notice
Postcode
WS15 3QN
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
19 Jun 2026
Ward
Colton And The Ridwares
Parish
Mavesyn Ridware
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Environment and Planning Team Dalcour Maclaren

Decision outlook

Day 112, past the statutory target. 100% of other in Lichfield are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Jul 2026.

Day 11256 days past the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
11decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided by Lichfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Lichfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Comments by
25 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lichfield
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#57 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Lichfield is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #3 out of 296. Only 10% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lichfield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #250 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #251 of 296
97%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #3 of 296
10%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #3 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
87 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
62%
Change of use approved
39 decided
716
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026