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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pipe Lane Farm Pipe Lane Pipe Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3JN
Received 28 Oct 2021Land And Buildings Off Watery Lane Curborough Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 28 Oct 20211 Newlands Court Attwood Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GF
Received 28 Oct 2021McDonald's Milestone Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XA
Received 29 Oct 20215 Jervis Park Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3FH
Received 29 Oct 20217 Henderson Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YN
Received 29 Oct 2021Ridware Hall Wade Lane Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RF
Received 1 Nov 2021The Manor Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 1 Nov 202116 Lombard Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DR
Received 29 Oct 202125 Glenwood Rise Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9DZ
Received 1 Nov 202119 Manor Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 1 Nov 202114 Fisherwick Road Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LH
Received 2 Nov 2021112 Burton Old Road East Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9HU
Received 2 Nov 202176 Park Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AJ
Received 2 Nov 202115 Boathouse Field Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6ND
Received 2 Nov 2021Tudor Cottage The Green Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9LS
Received 2 Nov 2021Garages 23 - 30 Smithfield Rise Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 2 Nov 20211 Lillington Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AL
Received 2 Nov 2021The Bungalow School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DW
Received 1 Nov 20211 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BD
Received 2 Nov 20211 Walsall Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BD
Received 2 Nov 2021Garages At Wissage Court Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 3 Nov 2021Kew House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JA
Received 2 Nov 2021Broomy Barn Broomy Fields Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 3 Nov 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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