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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Cartersfield Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EQ
Received 28 Jan 2021Land Adj 29 Ashcroft Lane Shenstone WS14 0EF Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Jan 2021Tara House School Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LX
Received 28 Jan 2021Annexe At Blackheath Farmhouse Cowhill Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FX
Received 29 Jan 202123 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AG
Received 29 Jan 20215 Burns Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BQ
Received 29 Jan 202131 Cotton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BF
Received 29 Jan 2021Kings Orchard Marina Broad Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8SP
Received 29 Jan 2021The Cottage 9 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 1 Feb 2021The Cottage 9 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 1 Feb 20213 Fox Hollow Drive Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3LX
Received 1 Feb 2021George And Dragon Inn 28 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AJ
Received 1 Feb 20211 Whittington Old Hall Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 1 Feb 2021Pipe Place Farm Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0DB
Received 1 Feb 20219 Post Office Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BS
Received 1 Feb 20216 Cleveland Mews Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DG
Received 15 Jan 2021Stonnall House Farm Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 1 Feb 2021Stonnall House Farm Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 1 Feb 2021Manor House Burton Road Streethay Lichfield WS13 8LU
Received 27 Jan 202158 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JE
Received 1 Feb 20215 Benson Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DA
Received 2 Feb 2021Mill Green Farm Mill Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0NB
Received 2 Feb 2021Land Adj Fox Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EQ
Received 2 Feb 202173 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 2 Feb 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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