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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Vicars Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LE
Received 16 Feb 2021Old Church Tower St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Feb 2021Ersmus Darwin House Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AD
Received 16 Feb 2021Twin Oaks Swallows Ridge Wood Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0HT
Received 16 Feb 2021Twin Oaks Swallows Ridge Wood Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0HT
Received 16 Feb 20219 Huntsmans Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LL
Received 17 Feb 202145 The Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UD
Received 17 Feb 2021Hollywell House Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DF
Received 17 Feb 20213 Hornton Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4UT
Received 10 Feb 2021The Presbytery Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HL
Received 17 Feb 2021School Cottage Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HB
Received 11 Feb 202124 Holly Grove Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LU
Received 17 Feb 2021The Timbers Cross In Hand Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BY
Received 17 Feb 2021225 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QF
Received 11 Feb 202186 Cherry Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AF
Received 17 Feb 2021Land Adjacent Ayrshire Barn Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AA
Received 18 Feb 2021Lakeside Bistro (cafe) Beacon Park Swan Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QZ
Received 18 Feb 2021Shade House Fradley Junction Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DN
Received 18 Feb 2021East Lawns 4 Hints Court School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 18 Feb 2021South Lodge 5 Hints Court School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 18 Feb 2021Land At Colton Mill Farm And Cawarden Springs Farm Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 18 Feb 202167 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JE
Received 19 Feb 202180 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 10 Feb 20218 Mayama Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SX
Received 19 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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