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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cobwebs Lichfield Road Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3AE
Received 9 Nov 20212 Barlow Mews Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3FE
Received 8 Oct 202112 Merlin Way Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9PG
Received 9 Nov 2021The Lodge Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AA
Received 10 Nov 20212 The Cottages Hollow Lane Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LQ
Received 5 Nov 20215 Woods Croft Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7HB
Received 10 Nov 2021Land Adj Owl Glade Farm Lions Den Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 11 Nov 202116 Thacker Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6NS
Received 11 Nov 2021Ellesmere House Holly Hill Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JF
Received 11 Nov 20213 Roman Grange Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3GA
Received 11 Nov 202122 Queen Street Chasetown Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 4QH
Received 12 Nov 20213 Roman Grange Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3GA
Received 11 Nov 202112 Huntsmans Gate Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9LL
Received 15 Nov 20211 Covey Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BS
Received 15 Nov 2021Chapter House Monks Close The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QG
Received 15 Nov 202156 Walkfield Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7EN
Received 15 Nov 202119 Coltman Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9YS
Received 16 Nov 2021Little Aston Golf Club Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AN
Received 16 Nov 2021Yew Tree Lodge Chester Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7SX
Received 16 Nov 2021Canal Towpath Adjacent To Tolsons Mill Lichfield Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 16 Nov 2021Garages Rear Of Norton Lane Burntwood Staffordshire
Received 17 Nov 202114 Inge Drive Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AZ
Received 15 Nov 202139 Back Lane Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9NH
Received 17 Nov 202116 The Woodlands Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6XE
Received 18 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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