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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 7 Sept 202072 Fecknam Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6AN
Received 7 Sept 2020Land North Of Micklehome Drive And West Of A38 Burton Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AU
Received 7 Sept 20205 Mansion Drive Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JD
Received 8 Sept 20209 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BW
Received 8 Sept 20209 Coppice Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BG
Received 8 Sept 2020Footsteps Day Nursery Sandyhill Farm Cottages Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DW
Received 8 Sept 20202 Netherbridge Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UF
Received 8 Sept 2020Former Frankie & Benny's Birmingham Road Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QP
Received 7 Sept 202028 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 7 Sept 2020Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 1 Sept 202020 Carmichael Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YW
Received 16 Jun 2020Land Adjacent The Crown Inn Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EA
Received 8 Sept 2020Land South Of Church Hill Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 7 Sept 2020Oak Tree Farm Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 8 Sept 202011 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PA
Received 9 Sept 202019 Beechen Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BH
Received 9 Sept 20205 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AA
Received 9 Sept 202047 Furlong Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EE
Received 9 Sept 2020Todds Auto Engineering Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LJ
Received 9 Sept 2020Land South Of Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 9 Sept 2020The Bungalow School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 10 Sept 2020Land Adjacent 25 Leam Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JG
Received 10 Sept 2020Whittington Heath Golf Club Tamworth Road Whittington Heath Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PW
Received 10 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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