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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
178 Lower Sandford Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RA
Received 12 Aug 20215 Alesmore Meadow Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FD
Received 12 Aug 2021The Lodge Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 12 Aug 2021244 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 11 Aug 202152 Hartslade Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RH
Received 11 Aug 20213 Wallheath Crescent Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HS
Received 11 Aug 2021New Farm Park Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EX
Received 12 Aug 20217 Deepmore Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AY
Received 11 Aug 202185 Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HG
Received 13 Aug 202119 Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JU
Received 13 Aug 20211 Hornton Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4UT
Received 13 Aug 2021Land At Fradley Park Halifax Avenue Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 13 Aug 20219 The Whytmore Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RP
Received 16 Aug 2021Land Adjacent To Long Barn Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 16 Aug 20218 Newton Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7LA
Received 16 Aug 202119 Main Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JU
Received 17 Aug 202115 Victoria Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BG
Received 17 Aug 20211 Footherley Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NJ
Received 18 Aug 202178 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 18 Aug 202139 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 18 Aug 2021Gartmore Cottage Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JT
Received 18 Aug 2021Percival House School Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AD
Received 19 Aug 202110 Gorsty Bank Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UB
Received 19 Aug 2021Overley House Overley Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DF
Received 19 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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