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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
101 Ironstone Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1LL
Received 29 Mar 202146 Wellfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EZ
Received 29 Mar 20218 The Charters Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LX
Received 29 Mar 2021170 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NX
Received 29 Mar 2021Land Off Park Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 29 Mar 202117 Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 29 Mar 2021Land At 122 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 29 Mar 2021Land At 122 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 29 Mar 202120 Worcester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SP
Received 30 Mar 202117 Two Trees Close Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3BG
Received 30 Mar 202117 Paviors Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3QP
Received 30 Mar 202149 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 31 Mar 2021The Bungalow Park Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QD
Received 31 Mar 20215 Beeches Croft Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RX
Received 31 Mar 20212 Ryecroft Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2JA
Received 1 Apr 202119 Deykin Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PS
Received 1 Apr 202153 Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JB
Received 1 Apr 202153 Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JB
Received 1 Apr 202135 Leomansley View Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AP
Received 1 Apr 202137 Statfold Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NY
Received 1 Apr 202154 Lawnswood Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4SZ
Received 1 Apr 20212 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AG
Received 1 Apr 2021102 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AF
Received 1 Apr 202136 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DF
Received 1 Apr 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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