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Hints Quarry, Watling Street, Hints, Tamworth, B78 3DF

SCC/25/0012/FULL-ESApplication for Full Planning Permission for a 'major development' (accompanied by an Environmental Statement)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

Application for proposed extension to extraction area and consolidation with planning permission L.19/04/805-808 MW, including retention and use of site access, plant site, field conveyors, haul road, and other ancillary facilities; and, review and update of restoration plans for the mineral workings.

Received
11 December 2024
Decision due
30 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Lichfield Rural South ED, Lichfield Rural East ED
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Hints Quarry, Watling Street, Hints, Tamworth, B78 3DF. Staffordshire has handled 200 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 December 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 210 applications in total for the B78 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
B78 3DF
Application type
Application for Full Planning Permission for a 'major development' (accompanied by an Environmental Statement)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Swinfen and Packington, Weeford, Hints
District
Lichfield District

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
22 March 2025
Consultation end
22 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

First advertised
20 February 2025
Site notice start
20 February 2025

Additional information

UPRN
MAN00000000000000052506
Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Lichfield
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Staffordshire

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