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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Croft Church Lane Mavesyn Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3QE
Received 28 Sept 20217 Woodfields Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HH
Received 28 Sept 20216 Woodfields Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HH
Received 28 Sept 202120 The Green Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HW
Received 28 Sept 2021The Swallows Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 17 Sept 2021The Old Rectory 47 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Sept 2021Land Off Yoxall Way Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Sept 202117 Selwyn Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HU
Received 29 Sept 2021105A Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 29 Sept 2021Land Opposite 6 Oak Vale High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XG
Received 29 Sept 202131 Smarts Avenue Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PB
Received 29 Sept 2021White House Farm Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 29 Sept 2021White House Farm Old London Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9QW
Received 29 Sept 2021Dylan Convenience Store 17 St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NU
Received 24 Sept 2021106 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 29 Sept 2021Tall Timbers Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 29 Sept 2021Tall Timbers Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 29 Sept 202163 St Johns Hill Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JD
Received 29 Sept 202117 Squirrel Walk Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AU
Received 29 Sept 2021140 Blake Street Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4EU
Received 30 Sept 2021The School House 10A Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BX
Received 30 Sept 202180 Boney Hay Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AL
Received 30 Sept 202112 The Charters Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LX
Received 30 Sept 2021Proposed Mast Bellamour Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 30 Sept 2021Records 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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