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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Hartslade Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RH
Received 14 Sept 202167 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AS
Received 20 Aug 202150 Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HW
Received 15 Sept 202119 Rock Farm Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LZ
Received 13 Sept 202140 Blake Street Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4EX
Received 16 Sept 202112 Brantwood Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TY
Received 16 Sept 20213 Moores Croft Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LJ
Received 16 Sept 2021Lichfield Retail Park Vulcan Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 16 Sept 2021Paragon Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 16 Sept 202149 New Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0BU
Received 16 Sept 2021Fox Cover Cottage Hall Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0BE
Received 17 Sept 202139 Moat Drive Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UG
Received 17 Sept 202111 The Leasowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HH
Received 17 Sept 2021Lichfield Cathedral School Church Hill Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4PT
Received 17 Sept 202163 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 20 Sept 2021Eastfields Lodge Alrewas Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HR
Received 20 Sept 202168 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 20 Sept 202116 Eastridge Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LN
Received 20 Sept 202111 The Dell Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AZ
Received 20 Sept 202136 Overton Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0LH
Received 20 Sept 2021Meadowcroft The Square Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DB
Received 20 Sept 2021Crown Inn 7 Post Office Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BS
Received 21 Sept 2021The Old Rectory 47D Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LR
Received 20 Sept 2021Elm Tree House 21 Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 24 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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