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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Lane Farm Green Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HB
Received 3 Nov 202163 Reindeer Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3SW
Received 3 Nov 2021142 High Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3XG
Received 4 Nov 20212 Woodland Way Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4UP
Received 4 Nov 202117 Selwyn Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9HU
Received 4 Nov 2021Chadwick House School Lane Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DN
Received 4 Nov 202133 Water Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1AW
Received 1 Nov 2021208 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EF
Received 3 Nov 2021Chesterfield Grange Ashcroft Lane Wall Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0EQ
Received 4 Nov 202155 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AE
Received 4 Nov 2021Railway Inn 4 Main Street Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LZ
Received 5 Nov 2021Derry Farm House Birmingham Road Shenstone Woodend Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0LH
Received 5 Nov 20211 Bulldog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LN
Received 5 Nov 2021106 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7LS
Received 8 Nov 2021Gartmore Cottage Hall Lane Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JT
Received 8 Nov 20212 Pike Lane Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AF
Received 8 Nov 2021Gheluvelt Barn Hay Lane Longdon Green Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QQ
Received 8 Nov 2021The Old Rectory Churchside Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HE
Received 9 Nov 2021The Old Rectory Churchside Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HE
Received 9 Nov 2021101 Eastern Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6RL
Received 9 Nov 2021Oak House Manor Park Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7HZ
Received 8 Nov 2021Hedgerow Adjacent 18 Running Hills Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4AJ
Received 9 Nov 2021208 Upper St John Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9EF
Received 9 Nov 202125 Croft Close Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BU
Received 9 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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