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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 1 Sept 2020Parklands 3A Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AA
Received 1 Sept 202011 Winter Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BD
Received 2 Sept 2020106 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BA
Received 2 Sept 2020The Old Forge Fisherwick Wood Lane Fisherwick Wood Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QF
Received 2 Sept 20205 Reid Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QF
Received 3 Sept 20207 Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 3 Sept 2020Chorley Place Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BY
Received 3 Sept 20203A Bonehill Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PS
Received 12 Aug 202032 Bracken Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RU
Received 18 Aug 2020R And J Angling Supplies 32 Swallow Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HF
Received 4 Sept 2020Longworth Court Dark Lane Farm Dark Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QL
Received 4 Sept 2020Hints View Hints Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PQ
Received 4 Sept 20208 Dark Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AP
Received 28 Aug 2020Fern Bank Commonside Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NG
Received 4 Sept 2020Roxane UK Limited Hanger 5 Fradley Airfield Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EL
Received 4 Sept 2020Roxane UK Limited Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EL
Received 4 Sept 2020Stockfields Farm Brockhurst Lane Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SS
Received 4 Sept 2020Blythe House Farm Lichfield Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QQ
Received 4 Sept 202041 Mease Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JP
Received 7 Sept 2020Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Boley Park Shopping Centre Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XU
Received 7 Sept 2020Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd Boley Park Shopping Centre Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XU
Received 7 Sept 202037 Coltman Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YS
Received 28 Aug 20206 Watling Street Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BD
Received 7 Sept 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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