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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Johns Hospital St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PB
Received 10 Mar 202210 Darwin Close Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HP
Received 10 Mar 202232 Dyott Avenue Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NE
Received 10 Mar 20224 Darwin Park Abnalls Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BJ
Received 10 Mar 202210 Simpson Close Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4BZ
Received 11 Mar 202213 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 11 Mar 2022Oakleigh Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HZ
Received 10 Mar 2022Brooklands Cottage Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QG
Received 11 Mar 2022Silverdale House 4 New Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NH
Received 10 Mar 202242 Bridge Cross Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BY
Received 11 Mar 2022Land Rear Holly Down Church Hollow Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9GF
Received 11 Mar 20221 The Woodlands Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6XE
Received 11 Mar 20222 The Woodlands Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6XE
Received 11 Mar 2022Friary Grange High School Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7EW
Received 14 Mar 2022Mulroy House Shute Hill Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DA
Received 14 Mar 2022Pepperpot Lodge Brereton Hill Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4LB
Received 14 Mar 2022Festival Gardens Friary Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QD
Received 14 Mar 202239 Moat Drive Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3UG
Received 14 Mar 20227 Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 14 Mar 20221 Coppice Lane Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0BG
Received 14 Mar 2022Palletforce Hub Site B Gorse Lane Fradley Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 14 Mar 202258 Upper Lodge Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AS
Received 14 Mar 20222 Newlyn Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SH
Received 15 Mar 2022Upstairs By Tom Shepherd 25 Bore Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NA
Received 15 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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