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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coton House Farm Vicarage Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LQ
Received 14 Dec 2020Williford Farm Stockford Lane Hilliards Cross Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QP
Received 14 Dec 2020Adwy Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HS
Received 15 Dec 2020Lichfield Cathedral The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 15 Dec 2020Fox Meadow Equestrian Ltd Fox Meadow Farm Cowhill Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FX
Received 9 Dec 20201 Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UA
Received 1 Dec 20208 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 15 Dec 2020The Bungalow Park Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QD
Received 16 Dec 2020The Old House Deanslade Farm Claypit Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AG
Received 26 Nov 2020248 Main Street Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EE
Received 16 Dec 20204 Clinton Crescent Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2EA
Received 3 Dec 2020Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DB
Received 16 Dec 2020Southern End Of Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Dec 2020Land Adj Squirrel Walk Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Dec 2020Arl Design And Welding Limited Unit 20 Burntwood Business Park Zone 1 Cobbett Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GL
Received 16 Dec 20209 Claverdon Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AH
Received 15 Dec 2020Land At 25 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 15 Dec 20203 Squires Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DG
Received 17 Dec 202035 Noddington Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PA
Received 18 Dec 202019 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LQ
Received 18 Dec 2020Bromley Hayes Garden Centre Shaw Lane Rileyhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HW
Received 18 Dec 2020The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 21 Dec 202051 Baker Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RD
Received 21 Dec 20202 Alder Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UT
Received 21 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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