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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Churchfield Cottage Smithy Lane Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QH
Received 1 Sept 202117 Crawley Lane Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JF
Received 1 Sept 2021Hawksmoor Property Services Ltd Suite 2 City Point Swan Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QZ
Received 2 Sept 202127 Oakley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3RT
Received 2 Sept 2021Land Adjacent The Poplars Ash Tree Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8ND
Received 1 Sept 20219 Bridge Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4HQ
Received 1 Sept 2021Boots The Opticians 2 Bakers Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NF
Received 3 Sept 2021Lysways Hall Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS15 4QB
Received 3 Sept 2021Haselour Park Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 3 Sept 2021Swinfen Hall Hotel The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RE
Received 3 Sept 2021Swinfen Hall Hotel The Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RE
Received 3 Sept 20211 Eights Croft Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1FG
Received 6 Sept 20216 Holding Pessall Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JL
Received 6 Sept 2021Keepers Cottage Packington Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AY
Received 6 Sept 202115 Stockhay Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JE
Received 6 Sept 2021Oak Farm Barn Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 7 Sept 2021South Derbyshire DC Out Of Area Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Aug 202115 Pine Tree Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TE
Received 7 Sept 2021Beechcroft Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DF
Received 7 Sept 2021Stoneybridge House Clifton Park Netherseal Road Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BE
Received 8 Sept 202120 Angorfa Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AG
Received 8 Sept 202167 Mary Slater Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6FG
Received 1 Sept 202121 Church Way Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PG
Received 1 Sept 20211 Garnet Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9EL
Received 6 Jul 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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