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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
259 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PD
Received 20 Jan 202274 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 24 Jan 2022Court Manor Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JG
Received 24 Jan 2022Spindle Tree Cottage Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Walsall Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 14 Jan 2022121 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AX
Received 19 Jan 2022122 Cannock Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0BG
Received 20 Jan 2022Arkall Farm Ashby Road Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 25 Jan 2022Land East Off Ryknild Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QS
Received 25 Jan 2022Somersby The Old Stables Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JQ
Received 24 Jan 2022The Farmhouse Portway Lane Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LA
Received 26 Jan 2022103 Valley Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ST
Received 26 Jan 20223 Byron Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BX
Received 26 Jan 202229 Court Farm Church Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LE
Received 26 Jan 2022Gina's Boutique 32 Atherstone Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RF
Received 27 Jan 2022Tall Timbers Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 27 Jan 2022The Cottage Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HS
Received 27 Jan 202210 London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EJ
Received 27 Jan 2022Bumble End Woodside Drive Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BB
Received 28 Jan 2022Land Adjacent To Cheshire Close Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 28 Jan 2022Fox And Hounds 44 Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NB
Received 1 Feb 20223A Chaucer Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BB
Received 28 Jan 2022146 Chase Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0DX
Received 28 Jan 202218 Manor Lane Comberford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BG
Received 1 Feb 2022Land Adjacent To Pumping Station Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 1 Feb 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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