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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 1 Feb 2022353 Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3QG
Received 1 Feb 20225 Lime Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HA
Received 31 Jan 202244 Eastgate Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1JJ
Received 2 Feb 202249 Hazel Drive Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4TZ
Received 2 Feb 202219 Weston Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NT
Received 2 Feb 202210 Inge Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AZ
Received 3 Feb 2022Foley Farm Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 3 Feb 202297 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DW
Received 3 Feb 20221 Sturgeons Hill Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AW
Received 4 Feb 2022218 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XH
Received 4 Feb 2022The Angel Croft Bothy Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AA
Received 4 Feb 2022Packwood House 11 Manor Fields Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DA
Received 4 Feb 2022Land Adjacent To 43 Somerville Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EP
Received 4 Feb 2022Dr Milleys Hospital Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 4 Feb 20226 Sandfield Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BF
Received 7 Feb 2022132 Weston Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EQ
Received 7 Feb 2022Cranfield House Church Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BT
Received 7 Feb 2022154 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 7 Feb 20222 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 7 Feb 20221 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 7 Feb 202215 Cotton Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BF
Received 7 Feb 202290 Deer Park Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SZ
Received 28 Jan 2022119 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 7 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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