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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 27 Apr 20214 Beech Gate Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AR
Received 27 Apr 2021Waterside Bungalow Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AE
Received 27 Apr 202110 Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 27 Apr 2021399 Watling Street Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3ND
Received 27 Apr 20213 Goodwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XZ
Received 6 Apr 202133 Manor Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3NB
Received 27 Apr 2021Park House Brockhurst Lane Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SL
Received 27 Apr 2021Heavy Plant Services Limited Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3HA
Received 27 Apr 2021Barns Farm Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 28 Apr 2021Woodside Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 28 Apr 20217 Ponesgreen Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NW
Received 28 Apr 2021Barn At Lea Grange Grange Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Apr 20213 Rowan Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ES
Received 29 Apr 2021140 Blake Street Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4EU
Received 29 Apr 2021Barn At Church Hill Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 29 Apr 2021Maplebrook Waterworks Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HQ
Received 29 Apr 2021Hathaway House Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 29 Apr 202115 Worcester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SP
Received 29 Apr 2021Holly Cottage Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JU
Received 27 Apr 2021Bridge Farm Bridge Farm Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NH
Received 30 Apr 2021Stowe House Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 4 May 2021171 Lower Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RB
Received 4 May 2021The School House 10A Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 4 May 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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