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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hedgerow At Hints Farm Site 2 Bangley Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 28 Sept 202012 Trent Valley Cottages Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LP
Received 29 Sept 2020Swan Farm Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 24 Sept 2020The Willows Walsall Road Muckley Corner Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BY
Received 29 Sept 2020Lea Hall Farm Lea Lane Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3NN
Received 29 Sept 2020French Croft Farm Wood Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0ND
Received 30 Sept 2020Homeleigh Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LF
Received 30 Sept 2020Birch House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 25 Sept 2020Addison House Beatrice Court Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Sept 20205 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 30 Sept 2020Land Adjacent 25 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 29 Sept 202056 Blake Street Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4EX
Received 30 Sept 2020Bucks Head Farm Watling Street Weeford Lichfield
Received 9 Sept 2020Keepers Cottage Packington Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AY
Received 1 Oct 2020155 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PF
Received 30 Sept 202040 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JS
Received 30 Sept 2020Land South Of Access Track Off Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield
Received 1 Oct 2020Land And Buildings At Angel Croft And Westgate Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AA
Received 2 Oct 2020Land And Buildings At Angel Croft & Westgate Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AA
Received 2 Oct 2020Land At Red Hill Bardy Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 2 Oct 2020Hilbre Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 5 Oct 2020Meadow View Wigginton Fields Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LH
Received 5 Oct 2020Meadow View Wigginton Fields Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LH
Received 5 Oct 202018 Chatterton Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EF
Received 5 Oct 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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