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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4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Keepers Lodge Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 19 Apr 2022The Keepers Lodge Mill Lane Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HN
Received 19 Apr 2022Bourne Brook Meadows Hints Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3DP
Received 19 Apr 2022149 Curborough Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7PW
Received 19 Apr 202212 Hawkhurst Drive Hill Ridware Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RN
Received 19 Apr 202217 Maple Grove Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XB
Received 19 Apr 2022Liberty Park (Phase 2) Burton Old Road Streethay Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 1 Apr 202230 Wallheath Crescent Stonnall Walsall Staffordshire WS9 9HT
Received 20 Apr 20229 Pessall Lane Edingale Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9JN
Received 20 Apr 2022The Little Aston Village Hall Little Aston Lane Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3UF
Received 20 Apr 2022Land Rear 156 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 20 Apr 202236 St Chads Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7ND
Received 20 Apr 202214 Mansion Drive Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JD
Received 20 Apr 202247 Croft Close Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BU
Received 19 Apr 2022Hunger Hill Farmhouse Hunger Hill Lane Hunger Hill Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RY
Received 29 Mar 2022Hunger Hill Farmhouse Hunger Hill Lane Hunger Hill Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3RY
Received 21 Apr 202240 Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JG
Received 21 Apr 2022Stowe House Netherstowe Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6TJ
Received 21 Apr 202231 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BY
Received 21 Apr 202267 Willett Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3FJ
Received 21 Apr 2022Land To The North And West Of Rake End Blithbury Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 21 Apr 202245 Thorpe Street Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 1NJ
Received 22 Apr 202239 Upper Way Upper Longdon Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1QB
Received 22 Apr 2022242 Beacon Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7BH
Received 22 Apr 2022Records 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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