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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Armitage With Handsacre War Memorial New Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BL
Received 25 Jan 2021Hollybank Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JW
Received 22 Jan 20214 Mulberry Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DU
Received 26 Jan 2021Land Adjacent 24 Farewell Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DP
Received 26 Jan 2021Moat Cottage 29 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 26 Jan 2021Rugeley Power Station Club Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Received 26 Jan 2021Tithe Barn Bungalow Tithe Barn Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LR
Received 26 Jan 20211 Reid Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QF
Received 26 Jan 20215 Fotherley Brook Road Little Aston Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PD
Received 27 Jan 202124 Bourne Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TB
Received 27 Jan 202139 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 27 Jan 2021The Brambles Keepers Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AX
Received 27 Jan 202112 Townfields Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RE
Received 27 Jan 2021Woodhouse Farm Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JL
Received 27 Jan 2021Churchfield Cottage Smithy Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QH
Received 27 Jan 2021Edial Farm Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HZ
Received 27 Jan 202110 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 27 Jan 202123 Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BA
Received 28 Jan 202138 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BT
Received 28 Jan 2021Lynn Hall Lynn Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0ER
Received 28 Jan 202136 Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XP
Received 28 Jan 20213 Taylor Grove Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DU
Received 28 Jan 2021Lichfield And District CVS Mansell House 22 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 28 Jan 2021Lichfield And District CVS Mansell House 22 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LL
Received 28 Jan 2021Records 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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