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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 The Spinney Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BL
Received 23 Mar 202121 Selwyn Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HU
Received 10 Mar 202110 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 10 Mar 2021Crown Inn The Square Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DB
Received 10 Mar 202111 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 10 Mar 20212 William IV Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AN
Received 23 Mar 2021116 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 23 Mar 202150 Bracken Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BD
Received 23 Mar 2021Glebe Farm Stables Kings Bromley Lane Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4ED
Received 23 Mar 202119 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BY
Received 3 Mar 202131 Lynfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BU
Received 17 Mar 2021Red Roofs Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AQ
Received 24 Mar 2021Beacon Croft Shaw Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AG
Received 24 Mar 202146 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AU
Received 24 Mar 2021Tolson Mill Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 24 Mar 2021Tolson Mill Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 24 Mar 202117 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 25 Mar 202127 Anson Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EU
Received 25 Mar 202121 Willowsmere Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XF
Received 25 Mar 2021Oaklands Colton Hall Farm Blithbury Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HJ
Received 25 Mar 2021Benbrook Farm Stoneywell Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QS
Received 24 Mar 20218 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 25 Mar 2021164 Cannock Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JZ
Received 26 Mar 2021Lower Lane Cottage Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DF
Received 29 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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