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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Fotherley Brook Road Little Aston Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PD
Received 14 Apr 20212 Rosemary Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AG
Received 19 Apr 2021The Barn Padbury Lane Creswell Green Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HG
Received 21 Apr 202133 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 22 Apr 2021Overton Farm Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LJ
Received 22 Apr 2021Land Off Stables Way Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 23 Apr 202185 Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HG
Received 23 Apr 202123 Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 23 Apr 202122 Moor Croft Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3ND
Received 23 Apr 202123 Sheriffs Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RZ
Received 23 Apr 2021Land Adjacent 7B Wissage Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6SP
Received 26 Apr 202118 Tudor Rise Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AZ
Received 26 Apr 202175 Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HZ
Received 26 Apr 2021The Old Rectory The Gardens Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 26 Apr 202125 Alesmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FD
Received 26 Apr 202132A Swallow Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HF
Received 26 Apr 2021Land South Side Of Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire
Received 26 Apr 202153 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 26 Apr 2021The Farthings Cross Lane Boley Park Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SY
Received 23 Apr 202120 Garnet Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EL
Received 26 Apr 2021Central Bus Station Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HU
Received 26 Apr 202112 Merlin Way Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PG
Received 26 Apr 2021Lichfield Golf And Country Club Tewnalls Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HE
Received 26 Apr 202132 Balmoral Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SP
Received 27 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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