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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Charnwood Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BU
Received 15 Oct 202111 Cloister Walk Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LN
Received 18 Oct 2021The Old Smithy Hungry Lane Weeford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 18 Oct 2021Land North Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 18 Oct 2021239 Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0PD
Received 16 Sept 2020Edial Farm Cottage Edial Farm Mews Lichfield Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0HZ
Received 14 Oct 2021Homestead 8 The Beck Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BP
Received 19 Oct 2021The Poplars Station Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HZ
Received 19 Oct 2021Land On The East Side Off Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 19 Oct 20213 Ploughmans Walk Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7RR
Received 20 Oct 2021Milcote Station Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6HZ
Received 18 Oct 2021Good Heart House Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AS
Received 20 Oct 202145 Main Street Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9JR
Received 20 Oct 2021Glenfield Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 20 Oct 20215 Redlock Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0AB
Received 20 Oct 202116 Essington Close Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LA
Received 20 Oct 2021139 Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BJ
Received 20 Oct 202112 Eastwood Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2DX
Received 20 Oct 2021Warren House Batesway Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PX
Received 20 Oct 20214 Pipewood Blithbury Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JF
Received 21 Oct 2021Barn At Hay Lane Farm Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 21 Oct 202165 Walsall Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8AD
Received 21 Oct 202163 Lincoln Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SW
Received 21 Oct 20214 Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3TZ
Received 21 Oct 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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