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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wisteria House 21 The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QH
Received 17 Jul 2020HSBC Bank Plc 49 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 17 Jul 2020Laurel Garth Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 17 Jul 202031 Churchill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LR
Received 17 Jul 2020Land At Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 15 Jul 2020Spire Little Aston Hospital Little Aston Hall Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UP
Received 17 Jul 2020Laburnum Lodge Rough Park Lane Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3SH
Received 20 Jul 202014 Burton Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BB
Received 20 Jul 2020The Woodshed Tamhorn Park Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JJ
Received 20 Jul 202038 Boulton Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LD
Received 20 Jul 2020Beechwood Lawns 7 Beechwood Croft Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UU
Received 21 Jul 20201 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QR
Received 21 Jul 2020Land North Of Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HW
Received 10 Jul 2020Land North Of Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HW
Received 10 Jul 2020Nags Hill Farm 223 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HF
Received 21 Jul 20207 Gorsty Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UB
Received 21 Jul 202035 King Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QJ
Received 21 Jul 2020The Willows Morton Drive Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3FF
Received 21 Jul 2020Hillside 98 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DZ
Received 22 Jul 2020Bradshaw Brothers Butchers Limited Bleak House Farm Ironstone Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1YL
Received 22 Jul 2020Museum Gardens Fountain Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 22 Jul 2020Tamhorn House Canal Bridge Tamhorn Park Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 22 Jul 2020Williams Court 1 Edial Farm Mews Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HZ
Received 23 Jul 2020The Cottage Ford Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PJ
Received 23 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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