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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 26 Nov 2021Evans Lichfield Ltd Britannia Business Park Europa Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9TZ
Received 26 Nov 20213 The Grange Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PG
Received 26 Nov 202128 Mayfair Drive Fazeley Staffordshire B78 3TG
Received 26 Nov 20217 Nightingale Walk Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QH
Received 29 Nov 202153 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BU
Received 29 Nov 202171 Shortbutts Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9BU
Received 29 Nov 2021Unit 5A Rydal Estate Colton Road Colton Rugeley Staffordshire
Received 29 Nov 2021Charter Automotive Unit 9 Burntwood Business Park Zone 1 Attwood Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3GJ
Received 29 Nov 2021Oak Farm Drayton Lane Drayton Bassett Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3EF
Received 29 Nov 20212 Loxton Close Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 4HY
Received 30 Nov 2021Little Aston Golf Club Roman Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3AN
Received 30 Nov 20214 Pasco Drive Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9FB
Received 30 Nov 2021Money Moor Farm Sutton Coldfield Lichfield B75 5SX
Received 30 Nov 20213 Nether Beacon Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7AT
Received 30 Nov 2021Hill Top Farm Hill Top Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QA
Received 30 Nov 202159 Manor Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9RF
Received 1 Dec 2021Land North Of Hay End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire
Received 29 Nov 202190 Aldridge Road Aldridge Walsall Staffordshire WS9 0PE
Received 2 Dec 202132 Chatterton Avenue Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8EF
Received 3 Dec 20212 Victoria Meadow Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DQ
Received 3 Dec 2021Oak Tree Farm Bramble Lane Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9AU
Received 3 Dec 202152 Burton Old Road West Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6EN
Received 3 Dec 202110 Yoxall Road Kings Bromley Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JJ
Received 3 Dec 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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