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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollybank Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JW
Received 7 May 2021New Rectory Hood Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AG
Received 7 May 2021173 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 7 May 2021Glencar Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 10 May 2021Dormers Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 10 May 2021Weavers Haunton Manor Farm Main Road Haunton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HN
Received 10 May 2021Snowberry House 44A Burntwood Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JW
Received 10 May 20212 Swallow Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7FB
Received 10 May 2021The Bungalow Walsall Road Pipehill Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8JW
Received 10 May 202114 Spearhill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UD
Received 10 May 2021Sheepwash Farm Fisherwick Road Fisherwick Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JN
Received 10 May 20211 Salt Way Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8UQ
Received 26 Apr 2021Former William Hill 77 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 10 May 20213 Abnalls Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BN
Received 10 May 2021Land Adjacent Hayes Meadow Primary Spode Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 10 May 2021Lea Hall Farm Cottage Lea Lane Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3NN
Received 11 May 2021135 Kingsdown Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1PZ
Received 6 May 2021Moorcroft House The Green Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LU
Received 10 May 20215 Bagnall Way Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1SF
Received 7 May 20219 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NL
Received 11 May 202117 Brook End Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PB
Received 6 May 20216 Hewitt Close Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TA
Received 30 Apr 2021Unit 3 Burntwood Retail Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 11 May 2021Unit 3 Burntwood Retail Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 11 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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