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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wigginton Fields Farm Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LH
Received 17 Feb 2022Foley Farm Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 18 Feb 202214 The Sycamores Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ES
Received 18 Feb 2022104 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PE
Received 18 Feb 2022Land Fronting Turnbull Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8UZ
Received 18 Feb 20223 Harwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PP
Received 18 Feb 202251 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BA
Received 18 Feb 2022Fern Bank Commonside Gentleshaw Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4NG
Received 18 Feb 2022Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HY
Received 21 Feb 20223 Marton Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2EH
Received 21 Feb 202234 Long Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8NT
Received 21 Feb 2022Unit B100 Lancaster Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8RY
Received 21 Feb 202235 Lawrence Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RD
Received 21 Feb 202257 Burton Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8LR
Received 22 Feb 202240 Rake Hill Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9DQ
Received 22 Feb 202226 Humber Drive Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8XF
Received 22 Feb 20221 Fox Court Kings Bromley Lichfield Staffordshire DE13 7JH
Received 22 Feb 2022242 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 22 Feb 202248 Church Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9EA
Received 22 Feb 202224 Mayfair Drive Fazeley Staffordshire B78 3TG
Received 22 Feb 202224 Dyott Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NE
Received 15 Feb 202239 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 18 Feb 202215 The Croft Leys Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EW
Received 15 Feb 202231 Darnford Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RW
Received 23 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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