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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 8 Sept 2021Land Off Hay End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 8 Sept 2021114 Highfields Road Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QU
Received 9 Sept 2021Denstone House 67 Borrowcop Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DG
Received 9 Sept 20213 Beechwood Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PQ
Received 9 Sept 20214 Beechwood Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PQ
Received 9 Sept 202187 Nailers Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0ES
Received 9 Sept 2021The Barns Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 9 Sept 202180 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NN
Received 9 Sept 2021Manor Farm Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DB
Received 10 Sept 2021Manor Farm Kings Bromley Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DB
Received 10 Sept 2021Barn Farm Cranebrook Lane Hilton Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EZ
Received 10 Sept 202139 Moat Drive Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UG
Received 13 Sept 202116 Mease Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JP
Received 26 Jul 2021Land East Netherstowe Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EJ
Received 13 Sept 202188 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PE
Received 13 Sept 202115 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 13 Sept 2021Land To The West Of Stoneyford Lane Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 13 Sept 202180 Cherry Orchard Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AF
Received 14 Sept 2021Land At Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 14 Sept 2021Rose Cottage 62 Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RF
Received 13 Sept 202127 Two Trees Close Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3BG
Received 14 Sept 2021Jasmine Cottage Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 14 Sept 20212 Lysways Lane Hanch Lichfield Staffordshire WS15 4PZ
Received 15 Sept 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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