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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2017 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Fradley Parks Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 May 2017The Bungalow Church Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 2 Oct 2019Land At Pine Tree Cottage Camp Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5QX
Received 9 Dec 2019104 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QD
Received 18 Dec 2019Land Adjacent Moatbank House Moat Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AY
Received 16 Jan 2020Land Adjacent Moatbank House Moat Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AY
Received 16 Jan 202015 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 27 Jan 20203 Swan Croft Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BF
Received 3 Feb 202012 Lullington Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AU
Received 3 Mar 2020Shenstone Library Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LZ
Received 13 Mar 202010 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 16 Mar 2020Church Farm Green Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AS
Received 1 Apr 2020Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 8 Apr 202062 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JP
Received 9 Apr 2020Shenstone Country Club Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JR
Received 11 May 2020Land At Cherry Orchard Farm Stafford Road Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 26 May 2020Bailey Cottage Park Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QD
Received 27 May 2020Rock Bank House 88 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 28 May 2020Rock Bank House 88 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 28 May 2020The Lodge Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 4 Jun 2020The Garden House Clifton Park Netherseal Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BE
Received 5 Jun 2020Little Aston Tennis Club Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 5 Jun 2020Walsall Burial Park Burntwood Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4XE
Received 9 Jun 2020Fairway 3 Roman Park Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 10 Jun 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lichfield District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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