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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Footherley Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NJ
Received 8 Feb 202139 Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NH
Received 9 Feb 202117 Terry Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EJ
Received 9 Feb 20211 Butts Croft Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BE
Received 9 Feb 202164 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 9 Feb 202123 Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BA
Received 9 Feb 202119 Denyer Court Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TQ
Received 9 Feb 2021Hammerwich 12 Coney Lodge View Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1NU
Received 9 Feb 20211 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BD
Received 9 Feb 20213 Trent Valley Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EE
Received 9 Feb 2021Bear Cottage Heath Gap Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PH
Received 9 Feb 2021Woodside Barn Mill Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HQ
Received 9 Feb 20212 Croft Cottages Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LL
Received 9 Feb 20214 York Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ST
Received 9 Feb 2021The Hawthornes 1A Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 9 Feb 2021St Michael's Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HL
Received 9 Feb 202131 Abnalls Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BP
Received 9 Feb 202147 Forge Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BE
Received 10 Feb 202127 Winchester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SL
Received 10 Feb 202139 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 10 Feb 20214 Newton Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7LA
Received 2 Feb 202112 Croft Close Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BU
Received 1 Feb 2021Worthington House 6 Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PR
Received 10 Feb 20212 George Avenue Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PN
Received 10 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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