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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Strathmore Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DB
Received 3 Aug 202010 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 11 Aug 2020Windy Ridge Commonside Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NG
Received 11 Aug 2020Lowood Cottage Barracks Lane Walsall Wood Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DL
Received 12 Aug 2020Land Adj Brownsfield Road Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 12 Aug 2020Railway Cottage Ash Tree Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ND
Received 12 Aug 202038 Thornhill Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3EH
Received 12 Aug 2020Sunningdale Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 13 Aug 202028 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 13 Aug 20204 Grasmere Avenue Streetly Walsall Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DG
Received 13 Aug 20207 Stonehouse Drive Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3AL
Received 13 Aug 2020Jalna 20 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 3 Aug 20202 Beech Gate Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 5 Aug 2020Peninsular Takeaway 7 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RB
Received 12 Aug 2020Peninsular Takeaway 7 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 13 Aug 202073 St Michael Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6SN
Received 13 Aug 20202 The Moorings Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BG
Received 14 Aug 202010 Auchinleck Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TL
Received 14 Aug 202017 Telford Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LQ
Received 12 Aug 2020The Drey Chapel Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JT
Received 12 Aug 202027 Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JP
Received 12 Aug 202014 Cheshire Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QX
Received 13 Aug 2020Unit 4 Clifton Mill Lullington Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 21 Jul 2020Kew Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 14 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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