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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southdown Lower Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QQ
Received 21 Mar 2022Garrick House 2 Queen Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QD
Received 21 Mar 2022Lichfield City Football Club Brownsfield Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BX
Received 22 Mar 202240 Rugeley Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BE
Received 22 Mar 202280 Pentire Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SQ
Received 14 Mar 2022Romani 8 Roman Park Little Aston Staffordshire B74 3AF
Received 22 Mar 202232 Elder Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9BT
Received 22 Mar 202216 Micklehome Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AT
Received 23 Mar 20221 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 23 Mar 20222 The Coach House Old Hall Drive Elford Staffordshire B79 9BZ
Received 23 Mar 2022Garrick House 2 Queen Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QD
Received 21 Mar 202212 Selwyn Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7DR
Received 23 Mar 202242 Uttoxeter Road Handsacre Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4DN
Received 23 Mar 20221 Swan Croft Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BF
Received 24 Mar 202215A Chestnut Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JH
Received 24 Mar 2022Giddies Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 24 Mar 2022The National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Received 25 Mar 2022Blackbrook Hall London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PS
Received 25 Mar 20221 Quarry Hills Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HW
Received 25 Mar 2022The Old Crown 120 Main Road Wigginton Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DW
Received 25 Mar 2022Proposed Telephone Mast Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 25 Mar 2022Shepherds Barn Lynn Lane Lynn Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0ER
Received 28 Mar 202233 Forge Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BE
Received 28 Mar 202240 Hunslet Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LF
Received 29 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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