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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Church Farm Cottages Green Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AS
Received 18 Feb 2022217 Brownhills Road Norton Canes Cannock Staffordshire WS11 9SN
Received 23 Feb 2022Cedar Tree Cottage School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DN
Received 23 Feb 2022The Badger Sett School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 23 Feb 202211 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AA
Received 8 Feb 2022Oak Farm Green Barns Lane Little Hay Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0QN
Received 23 Feb 20228 Rogerson Road Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8PE
Received 24 Feb 202243 Croxall Road Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JH
Received 22 Feb 20223 The Grange Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PG
Received 24 Feb 2022The Crofters Potters Croft Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0DG
Received 24 Feb 2022The Crofters Potters Croft Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0DG
Received 24 Feb 20224 Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TZ
Received 24 Feb 2022Oakwood Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AQ
Received 24 Feb 202225 Admiral Parker Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NS
Received 25 Feb 202231 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 25 Feb 2022Stowe House Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 28 Feb 20225 The Spinney Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BL
Received 28 Feb 2022189 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AQ
Received 28 Feb 2022The Hill Farm Ford Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BU
Received 28 Feb 20221 Whittington Old Hall Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LL
Received 28 Feb 2022Land Adjacent To Frenchcroft Farmhouse Wood Lane Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0ND
Received 28 Feb 202249 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LR
Received 28 Feb 2022Land Adjacent Derry Farm House 26 Birmingham Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LH
Received 1 Mar 202275 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QD
Received 1 Mar 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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