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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 28 Oct 20201 Cherrywood Way Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HZ
Received 28 Oct 202035 Spring Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NA
Received 28 Oct 202025 Edwards Farm Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NR
Received 28 Oct 202027 Sambar Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SS
Received 22 Oct 2020Manor Farm Wall Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AH
Received 27 Oct 202067 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0DU
Received 21 Oct 2020Overley House Overley Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DF
Received 28 Oct 2020The Plant Plot Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JA
Received 28 Oct 202051 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AU
Received 22 Oct 20203 Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 29 Oct 202021 Winchester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SL
Received 29 Oct 202041 Ashmole Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QG
Received 29 Oct 2020Woodingway Farm Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JY
Received 29 Oct 20201A Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 29 Oct 2020Wall Hall Green Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AS
Received 29 Oct 2020Georgian House Park Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 30 Oct 2020North Cottage 9 The Green Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LT
Received 30 Oct 2020267 Little Aston Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PB
Received 30 Oct 2020143 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PF
Received 28 Oct 202038 Lincoln Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SW
Received 30 Oct 2020Ashdene Farmhouse Portleys Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 2AA
Received 2 Nov 2020Railway Cottage Fosseway Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JY
Received 2 Nov 2020The Old Rectory Church Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JS
Received 2 Nov 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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