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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Meadow Rise Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 15 Jul 2020252 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 28 Jul 2020Vine Cottage 129 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 29 Jul 202020 Terry Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EJ
Received 30 Jul 202048 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 30 Jul 202029 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 15 Jul 2020NatWest 47 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LE
Received 30 Jul 2020Former William G Search Limited Unit 11 Burntwood Business Park Zone 4 Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XD
Received 9 Jul 2020Deanslade Park Project Falkland Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG
Received 30 Jul 202071 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HH
Received 31 Jul 2020Midland Pig Producers Ltd Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NW
Received 31 Jul 202040 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BT
Received 3 Aug 2020Stubby Lees Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 3 Aug 2020Kallik Limited Unit 1 And 2 Anker Court Bonehill Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HP
Received 4 Aug 2020Sycamore House Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AQ
Received 3 Aug 202095 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 4 Aug 20202 Oaklands Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RU
Received 15 Jul 20202 Grosvenor Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SR
Received 5 Aug 202011 Dimbles Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NH
Received 20 Jul 2020Ashgrove House Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HS
Received 6 Aug 2020Great Bangley Barns Bangley Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EA
Received 6 Aug 202046 Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AN
Received 6 Aug 20206 Glebe Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4HD
Received 6 Aug 2020Minster Hall Youth Centre Dam Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AE
Received 6 Aug 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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