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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard House 60A Doctors Lane Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NT
Received 11 May 2021Fox Cover Cottage Hall Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BE
Received 11 May 202118 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 11 May 2021Land Off Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 11 May 2021Oak House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 12 May 2021Little Aston Hall Aldridge Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire
Received 6 May 202110 Walkers Croft Lichfield Staffordshir WS13 6TR
Received 12 May 2021Leigh House Lichfield Road Hamstall Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QG
Received 12 May 202157 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BJ
Received 12 May 2021171 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PF
Received 12 May 2021Land North Of Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 12 May 20216 Anson Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HW
Received 12 May 2021Oak Tree Cottage Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 13 May 2021148 Ogley Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2HX
Received 13 May 2021Bumble End Woodside Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BB
Received 13 May 2021Trees Adj Scotland Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HU
Received 4 May 2021Greenacre Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 13 May 2021Swallows Bridge Uttoxeter Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LW
Received 13 May 202110 Barlow Drive Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8TL
Received 10 May 202118 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 11 May 20214 Osprey Close Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HT
Received 13 May 20217 Faraday Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8UX
Received 14 May 202115 Priory Avenue Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1LQ
Received 17 May 202120 Wentworth Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HN
Received 17 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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