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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 1 Mar 2022Bank House Farm Godwins Lane Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JE
Received 1 Mar 202221 Harwood Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PP
Received 23 Feb 202230 Borrowcop Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DG
Received 1 Mar 2022Stowe House Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 28 Feb 202219 Heath Close Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HU
Received 1 Mar 2022Woodland Lee Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 2 Mar 202211 The Dell Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AZ
Received 2 Mar 2022Cedar Tree Cottage School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DN
Received 2 Mar 2022Lakewood Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AT
Received 2 Mar 20221 Ivanhoe Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AY
Received 2 Mar 2022Bank House Farm Godwins Lane Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JE
Received 3 Mar 20222 Curborough Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7NG
Received 1 Mar 2022Park View Shaw Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AG
Received 3 Mar 20224 Pasco Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9FB
Received 3 Mar 202240 Cheshire Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QX
Received 4 Mar 20226 Oakhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9AJ
Received 4 Mar 202243 Mayfair Drive Fazeley Staffordshire B78 3TG
Received 3 Mar 2022Camdon House 64 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PE
Received 4 Mar 2022The Lodge Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 4 Mar 202212 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 4 Mar 2022Keepers Cottage Brockhurst Lane Canwell Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B75 5SN
Received 4 Mar 20223 Sanderling Rise Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9NZ
Received 7 Mar 202219 - 19A The Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LD
Received 7 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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