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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Longacres Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AW
Received 20 Apr 2021154 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 20 Apr 2021Dhalling Mhor 1 Hill Top View Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DG
Received 20 Apr 2021Christ Church Christchurch Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BB
Received 20 Apr 20211 Coachmans Walk Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QA
Received 20 Apr 2021Laurelton House Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AT
Received 20 Apr 2021Lysways Hall Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS15 4QB
Received 20 Apr 202110 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 20 Apr 2021Proposed Mast Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 20 Apr 2021Drayton Court Hotel 65 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RG
Received 20 Apr 202121 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 21 Apr 20215 Maple Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RP
Received 20 Apr 20219 Blackthorne Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YJ
Received 21 Apr 2021Manor Croft Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 19 Apr 20213 Roman Grange Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3GA
Received 21 Apr 2021Elmwood 2 Rosemary Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AG
Received 17 Apr 2021Bumble End Woodside Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BB
Received 21 Apr 202112 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 11 Mar 2021147 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HP
Received 22 Mar 2021Longwood Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 23 Mar 202169 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 21 Apr 202159 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 1 Apr 2021Bardy Cottage Bardy Lane Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LJ
Received 12 Apr 2021Lymore Keepers Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AX
Received 16 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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