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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Spode Avenue Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4EU
Received 8 Feb 2022Peninsular Restaurant 1 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RB
Received 15 Mar 2022Land Rear Of Davidson House 67 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9DU
Received 15 Mar 2022A And P Fencing Freeford Bridge Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JB
Received 15 Mar 2022Aldi Bridge Cross Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BX
Received 15 Mar 2022Appledorne 102 Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 16 Mar 202293 Sutton Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PE
Received 15 Mar 2022Peninsular Restaurant 1 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RB
Received 16 Mar 20222 Freeford Gardens Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RJ
Received 16 Mar 2022Rosa Mundi Lichfield Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JY
Received 17 Mar 20222 & 6 Fox Lane Elmhurst Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8HA
Received 17 Mar 202232 Shepherd Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RT
Received 18 Mar 202211 Tamworth Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EY
Received 10 Mar 202252A Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DN
Received 18 Mar 20227 Handsacre Crescent Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DQ
Received 11 Mar 2022Priory Farm Uttoxeter Road Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JA
Received 18 Mar 2022The Sharratts School Lane Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AD
Received 21 Mar 20222 Redfern Drive Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4TA
Received 21 Mar 202235 Morley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2DE
Received 21 Mar 202232 Stafford Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BZ
Received 21 Mar 202228 Blakeways Close Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9LL
Received 21 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To 176 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To 176 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Mar 2022Lsh Auto Uk Limited Mile Oak Business Centre Hints Road Mile Oak Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3PQ
Received 21 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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