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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BY
Received 30 Jul 202117 Boulton Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LD
Received 30 Jul 20213 Chaseley Gardens Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DJ
Received 30 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To 6 Malthouses Malthouse Road Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LU
Received 30 Jul 202132 Mease Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JP
Received 30 Jul 2021Fox Cover Cottage Hall Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BE
Received 2 Aug 2021Spring Coppice Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DD
Received 2 Aug 2021Former Garage Site Rear 9-15 Tolson Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 2 Aug 2021The Bungalow Park Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QD
Received 2 Aug 2021Highbridge Fisheries Ridware Road Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 2 Aug 202119 Pinfold Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JN
Received 2 Aug 202135 Buxton Avenue Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RP
Received 27 Jul 20216 Hazel Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AS
Received 2 Aug 202120 Sandfield Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NH
Received 3 Aug 202199 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 3 Aug 20219 Croxall Road Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JH
Received 30 Jul 2021103 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PL
Received 3 Aug 202137 Leyfields Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NJ
Received 3 Aug 202114 Alderhithe Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BN
Received 3 Aug 2021Wigginton Village Hall Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DZ
Received 4 Aug 20218 Smallridge Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EG
Received 4 Aug 202139 Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UA
Received 4 Aug 2021Minster Pool Minster Pool Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QT
Received 4 Aug 2021Casa Pinada Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AB
Received 4 Aug 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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