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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Brewery Maltings Davidson Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DZ
Received 25 Feb 202123 St Chads Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LZ
Received 16 Feb 202110 Old Manor Close Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UQ
Received 25 Feb 2021Land Adjacent Hayes Meadow Primary Spode Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 25 Feb 202112 Selwyn Close Alrewas Staffordshire DE13 7DR
Received 26 Feb 202162 Pentire Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SQ
Received 26 Feb 2021112 Springhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UH
Received 26 Feb 202145 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 19 Feb 2021Wigginton Fields Farm Wigginton Fields Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LH
Received 26 Feb 20211A The Island George Avenue Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PP
Received 26 Feb 2021Fairfield Farm Raikes Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EL
Received 26 Feb 20219 The Parchments Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NA
Received 1 Mar 202120 Fox Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EG
Received 1 Mar 20216 Great Furlong Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ER
Received 1 Mar 202141 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LW
Received 1 Mar 2021Glenfield Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 1 Mar 202125 Beechen Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BH
Received 1 Mar 2021The Manse 8 Thornhill Road Streetly Walsall Staffordshire B74 3EH
Received 1 Mar 202123 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 1 Mar 20211 Rocklands Crescent Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DJ
Received 1 Mar 2021The Old Vicarage Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HP
Received 1 Mar 2021Fradley Park Industrial Estate Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NE
Received 1 Mar 20211 The Square Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DB
Received 2 Mar 202116 Friary Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QQ
Received 2 Mar 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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