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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BX
Received 18 Sept 2020Land North Of Dark Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 18 Sept 2020Evans Lichfield Ltd Britannia Business Park Europa Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9TZ
Received 21 Sept 202010 Princess Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JW
Received 21 Sept 2020Flat B Vicars Hall Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AD
Received 21 Sept 202043 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 21 Sept 2020Roxane UK Limited Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Sept 2020Bodnetts Farm 64 Plantation Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AU
Received 21 Sept 2020Land To The East Of Tithe Barn Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Sept 2020Dumore Hay Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Sept 2020Land Adj Units Tuppenhurst Lane Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Sept 202046A Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JS
Received 22 Sept 202026 Fair View Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DJ
Received 22 Sept 202022 Hazel Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AS
Received 22 Sept 2020Laxford Lodge Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 23 Sept 2020Laxford Lodge Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 23 Sept 20202 Cleveland Villas Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BG
Received 2 Sept 20204 Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 28 Jun 202047 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AU
Received 17 Sept 202034 Brownsfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BX
Received 23 Sept 202023 Lambert Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2DR
Received 24 Sept 2020Woodside House 14 Cloister Walk Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LN
Received 24 Sept 202045 Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LJ
Received 25 Sept 2020109 Nailers Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EY
Received 25 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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