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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Caistor Close Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PT
Received 21 Jun 2021198 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EF
Received 21 Jun 2021Land Adjacent To 25 Hayes View Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BT
Received 21 Jun 2021157 Curborough Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PW
Received 21 Jun 2021Packington Moor Jerrys Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QB
Received 17 Jun 2021Oak Tree Manor 34 Nursery Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AS
Received 21 Jun 2021Land Adjacent Derry Farm House Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Jun 2021Land Adj Railway Wade Lane Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Jun 20215 Alesmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FD
Received 22 Jun 2021Land To The North West Westfields Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 22 Jun 202153 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QS
Received 22 Jun 202140 Leam Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JG
Received 23 Jun 20213 Grosvenor Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SR
Received 22 Jun 2021The Old Friary Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 23 Jun 2021Carousel Amusements 24 Tamworth Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JJ
Received 23 Jun 202126 Foxglove Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9WZ
Received 23 Jun 2021212 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 21 Jun 2021Windy Ridge Commonside Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NG
Received 23 Jun 2021Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Jun 2021Former William Hill 77 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DT
Received 24 Jun 2021Land Adj Unit 14 Britannia Way Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 24 Jun 2021Hampton House Roman Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 24 Jun 2021Oak Barn And Willow Barn Wood Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0ND
Received 25 Jun 2021Havenor St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JB
Received 25 Jun 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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