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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3 Lancaster Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RY
Received 22 Dec 20212 Marlborough Court Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NT
Received 22 Dec 2021Land Adjacent To 11 George Lane George Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 23 Dec 202118 Hazel Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AS
Received 23 Dec 2021Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 23 Dec 2021Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 23 Dec 20211 Birch Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HW
Received 23 Dec 20214 Salters Green Way Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AW
Received 23 Dec 202143 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AU
Received 16 Dec 2021Church Gate Cottage Church Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DA
Received 23 Dec 2021107 Springhill Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UH
Received 23 Dec 2021Fradley Airfield Wood End Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EL
Received 24 Dec 2021Glebe House Thorpe Lane Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0LL
Received 24 Dec 2021Tithe Barn Bungalow Tithe Barn Lane Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LR
Received 24 Dec 202136 Chestnut Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BN
Received 29 Dec 202112 Ogley Hay Road Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4RA
Received 29 Dec 2021Haselour Park Haselour Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JT
Received 29 Dec 2021Land Off Priory Avenue Hawksyard Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 29 Dec 20218 The Grove Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UB
Received 22 Dec 2021Agricultural Building Off London Road Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SD
Received 23 Dec 202129A Rosemary Hill Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HL
Received 31 Dec 202120 Lyn Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DA
Received 4 Jan 202215 Eastridge Croft Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LN
Received 4 Jan 2022159 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0EB
Received 4 Jan 2022Records 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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