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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Gainsborough Drive Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PJ
Received 30 Jun 20206 Copthorne Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4YH
Received 1 Jul 2020Ayrshire Barn Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AA
Received 1 Jul 202046 Cartersfield Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EF
Received 29 Jun 2020Blacklands Farm Chester Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0LT
Received 1 Jul 2020The Cottage 38 Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NB
Received 2 Jul 2020Maple House Quarry Hills Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HW
Received 2 Jul 202076 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 26 Jun 2020Rock Farm Burton Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NN
Received 3 Jul 202046 Deans Slade Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0DD
Received 3 Jul 2020Park House Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AP
Received 3 Jul 2020Land At Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 3 Jul 2020Scotch Orchard Primary School Scotch Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DE
Received 6 Jul 2020Weeford Park Farmhouse London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SQ
Received 6 Jul 2020South Staffordshire Waterworks Lichfield Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS13 8HQ
Received 6 Jul 202029 St Chads Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LZ
Received 6 Jul 2020Sheriffs Ride Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JA
Received 7 Jul 2020Land At Babbington Close Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 7 Jul 202010 Thacker Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NS
Received 8 Jul 2020Home Farm School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 9 Jul 202034 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 9 Jul 2020136 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DW
Received 9 Jul 2020Arkall Farm (Phase 1B) Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 9 Jul 202010 The Grange Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PG
Received 10 Jul 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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