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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Birchwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UW
Received 19 Feb 2021Long Mynd Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AG
Received 22 Feb 202111 The Sycamores Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ES
Received 22 Feb 20213 Friary Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QQ
Received 22 Feb 202141 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 22 Feb 2021The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 22 Feb 202117A Curborough Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NG
Received 22 Feb 2021Bridge House Station Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HX
Received 22 Feb 202136 Hudson Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EW
Received 22 Feb 2021Post Office Farm House Syerscote Lane Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DX
Received 23 Feb 2021The Old Picture House Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6FL
Received 23 Feb 202139 Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NH
Received 23 Feb 2021Ashcroft Farm Ashcroft Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EG
Received 23 Feb 202130 Thornhill Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3EH
Received 11 Feb 20217 Barley Croft Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LY
Received 15 Feb 2021The Woodlands Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TS
Received 19 Feb 202120 Henderson Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YN
Received 19 Feb 202149A Rake Hill Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DF
Received 23 Feb 20213 Swallow Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7FB
Received 24 Feb 202111 Lime Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ER
Received 11 Feb 20214 Vicarage Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HY
Received 24 Feb 2021Rawlett Community Sports College Comberford Road Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9AA
Received 19 Feb 2021Waterside Bungalow Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AE
Received 25 Feb 202110 Proctors Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EJ
Received 25 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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