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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 The Coach House Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 7 Dec 202019 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 8 Dec 202019 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 8 Dec 20201 School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 25 Nov 2020Long Barn Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 19 Nov 2020Plot D104 Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SS
Received 8 Dec 2020Griffin Lodge Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LL
Received 8 Dec 2020Griffin Lodge Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LL
Received 8 Dec 2020Coverscope Ltd Unit 7C And 7D Burntwood Business Park Zone 4 Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XD
Received 8 Dec 2020Lamb Farm London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 8 Dec 2020Land On The East Side Off Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 8 Dec 2020The Timbers Cross In Hand Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BY
Received 9 Dec 202014 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AT
Received 9 Dec 202010 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 4 Dec 2020Land Adjacent Hayes Meadow Primary School Spode Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 9 Dec 202023 - 25A Handel Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PQ
Received 9 Dec 202051 - 53A Handel Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PQ
Received 9 Dec 202067-69A Handel Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PQ
Received 9 Dec 2020Bank Farm Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 10 Dec 2020Amenity Land Rear Off Maryvale Court Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HZ
Received 10 Dec 202083 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 10 Dec 2020Parchfield House Farm Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HG
Received 10 Dec 202021 Winchester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SL
Received 10 Dec 2020Brookhouse Farm Raddle Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JP
Received 8 Dec 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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